Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-4-2023
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The gold standard for gathering data from electronic health records (EHR) has been manual data extraction; however, this requires vast resources and personnel. Automation of this process reduces resource burdens and expands research opportunities.
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the feasibility and reliability of automated data extraction in a large registry of adult COVID-19 patients.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This observational study included data from sites participating in the SCCM Discovery VIRUS COVID-19 registry. Important demographic, comorbidity, and outcome variables were chosen for manual and automated extraction for the feasibility dataset. We quantified the degree of agreement with Cohen's kappa statistics for categorical variables. The sensitivity and specificity were also assessed. Correlations for continuous variables were assessed with Pearson's correlation coefficient and Bland-Altman plots. The strength of agreement was defined as almost perfect (0.81-1.00), substantial (0.61-0.80), and moderate (0.41-0.60) based on kappa statistics. Pearson correlations were classified as trivial (0.00-0.30), low (0.30-0.50), moderate (0.50-0.70), high (0.70-0.90), and extremely high (0.90-1.00).
MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: The cohort included 652 patients from 11 sites. The agreement between manual and automated extraction for categorical variables was almost perfect in 13 (72.2%) variables (Race, Ethnicity, Sex, Coronary Artery Disease, Hypertension, Congestive Heart Failure, Asthma, Diabetes Mellitus, ICU admission rate, IMV rate, HFNC rate, ICU and Hospital Discharge Status), and substantial in five (27.8%) (COPD, CKD, Dyslipidemia/Hyperlipidemia, NIMV, and ECMO rate). The correlations were extremely high in three (42.9%) variables (age, weight, and hospital LOS) and high in four (57.1%) of the continuous variables (Height, Days to ICU admission, ICU LOS, and IMV days). The average sensitivity and specificity for the categorical data were 90.7 and 96.9%.
CONCLUSION AND RELEVANCE: Our study confirms the feasibility and validity of an automated process to gather data from the EHR.
Recommended Citation
Valencia Morales, Diana J.; Bansal, Vikas; Heavner, Smith F.; Castro, Janna C.; Sharma, Mayank; Tekin, Aysun; Bogojevic, Marija; Zec, Simon; Sharma, Nikhil; Cartin-Ceba, Rodrigo; Nanchal, Rahul S.; Sanghavi, Devang K.; La Nou, Abigail T.; Khan, Syed A.; Belden, Katherine A.; Chen, Jen-Ting; Melamed, Roman R.; Sayed, Imran A.; Reilkoff, Ronald A.; Herasevich, Vitaly; Domecq Garces, Juan Pablo; Walkey, Allan J.; Boman, Karen; Kumar, Vishakha K.; and Kashyap, Rahul, "Validation of Automated Data Abstraction for SCCM Discovery VIRUS COVID-19 Registry: Practical EHR Export Pathways (VIRUS-PEEP)" (2023). Division of Infectious Diseases and Environmental Medicine Faculty Papers. Paper 15.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/didem/15
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Language
English
Comments
This article is the author’s final published version in Frontiers in Medicine, Volume 10, October 2023.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1089087. Copyright © 2023 Valencia Morales, Bansal, Heavner, Castro, Sharma, Tekin, Bogojevic, Zec, Sharma, Cartin-Ceba, Nanchal, Sanghavi, La Nou, Khan, Belden, Chen, Melamed, Sayed, Reilkoff, Herasevich, Domecq Garces, Walkey, Boman, Kumar and Kashyap.