diff --git a/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/_index.md b/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/_index.md index ebcfa035..ef962eca 100644 --- a/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/_index.md +++ b/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/_index.md @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ cascade: _target: path: "/**" --- -MIMIC-Fed is a large, freely available federated COVID-rich ICU database comprising deidentified health-related data from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Northwestern Memorial Health Center (NHMC) from 2020 to 2022, capturing the evolving distribution shifts in data over this critical time period. The federated database adopts a similar data structure as MIMIC-IV v2.2. +MIMIC-Fed is a large, freely available federated COVID-rich ICU database comprising deidentified health-related data from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Northwestern Memorial Health Center (NMHC) from 2020 to 2022, capturing the evolving distribution shifts in data over this critical time period. The federated database adopts a similar data structure as MIMIC-IV v2.2. -Notably, Northwestern Memorial Health Center (NHMC) uses the Epic electronic medical records (EMR) system. To make the EMR data available for research and quality assurance, the NM EMR systems transfer selected data into a relational Enterprise Data Warehouse (NM EDW). +Notably, Northwestern Memorial Health Center (NMHC) uses the Epic electronic medical records (EMR) system. To make the EMR data available for research and quality assurance, the NM EMR systems transfer selected data into a relational Enterprise Data Warehouse (NM EDW). The NM EDW tables are categorized into two primary categories, Fact and Dimension, following data warehousing conventions. As implemented in the NM EDW, Fact tables primarily contain events (such as encounters, admissions, diagnosis events, procedure orders, and medication orders), while Dimension tables describe persistent attributes of entities (patients, procedure names, the medication formulary). diff --git a/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/hosp/_index.md b/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/hosp/_index.md index 72b0129f..f6cc9c9c 100644 --- a/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/hosp/_index.md +++ b/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/hosp/_index.md @@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ linkTitle: "Hosp" date: 2023-09-18 weight: 20 description: > - The Hosp module comprises data sourced from the comprehensive Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems of both BIDMC and NHMC hospitals. Information covered includes patient and admission information, laboratory measurements, billed diagnoses, medication orders, and electronic medication administration records. + The Hosp module comprises data sourced from the comprehensive Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems of both BIDMC and NMHC hospitals. Information covered includes patient and admission information, laboratory measurements, billed diagnoses, medication orders, and electronic medication administration records. --- -The HOSP module contains data derived from the hospital wide EHR of BIDMC and NHMC. These measurements are predominantly recorded during the hospital stay, though some tables include data from outside the hospital as well (e.g. outpatient laboratory tests in *labevents*). +The HOSP module contains data derived from the hospital wide EHR of BIDMC and NMHC. These measurements are predominantly recorded during the hospital stay, though some tables include data from outside the hospital as well (e.g. outpatient laboratory tests in *labevents*). Information includes patient and admission details (*patients*, *admissions*), laboratory measurements (*labevents*, *d_labitems*), hospital billing information (*diagnoses_icd*, *d_icd_diagnoses*), medication orders (*prescriptions*), and electronic medication administration records (*emar*). diff --git a/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/hosp/admissions.md b/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/hosp/admissions.md index 9b61789b..954a35d8 100644 --- a/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/hosp/admissions.md +++ b/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/hosp/admissions.md @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Each row of this table contains a unique `hadm_id`, which represents a single pa Similarly, `discharge_location` is the disposition of the patient after they are discharged from the hospital. There are 33 discharge locations from NW EDW. Some of the 33 discharge locations are suppressed under 'Other Facility' for privacy. -NHMC discharge locations: +NMHC discharge locations: | Discharge Location | Full Abbreviation (for clarity) | | ------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | @@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ NHMC discharge locations: ### `insurance`, `language`, `marital_status`, `race`, `ethnicity` -The `insurance`, `language`, `marital_status`, and `race` and `ethnicity` columns provide information about patient demographics for the given hospitalization. Note, in BIDMC there is only one column for `race`, however we have added `ethnicity` column to federate NHMC's data. +The `insurance`, `language`, `marital_status`, and `race` and `ethnicity` columns provide information about patient demographics for the given hospitalization. Note, in BIDMC there is only one column for `race`, however we have added `ethnicity` column to federate NMHC's data. -The race column in NHMC includes: +The race column in NMHC includes: - American Indian or Alaska Native - Other @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ The race column in NHMC includes: - Declined - Black or African American -The ethnicity column in NHMC includes: +The ethnicity column in NMHC includes: - Not Hispanic or Latino - Hispanic or Latino diff --git a/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/hosp/d_labitems.md b/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/hosp/d_labitems.md index da972580..67d27568 100644 --- a/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/hosp/d_labitems.md +++ b/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/hosp/d_labitems.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ description: > Laboratory data contains information collected and recorded in the hospital laboratory database. This includes measurements made in wards within the hospital and clinics outside the hospital. Most concepts in this table have been mapped to LOINC codes, an openly available ontology which facilitates interoperability. -For the data sourced from NHMC, Illinois law defines certain categories of information as Sensitive Protected Health Information (SPHI) which require special treatment. SPHI includes genetic counseling but does not include genetic testing. +For the data sourced from NMHC, Illinois law defines certain categories of information as Sensitive Protected Health Information (SPHI) which require special treatment. SPHI includes genetic counseling but does not include genetic testing. To facilitate further federation processes, the lab mappings to standard terminologies (LOINC) will be released. diff --git a/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/hosp/prescriptions.md b/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/hosp/prescriptions.md index 24dcfe70..4b73dbcd 100644 --- a/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/hosp/prescriptions.md +++ b/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/hosp/prescriptions.md @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ The unit of measurement used for the formulary dosage. Examples include 'mg', 'U ### `doses_per_24_hrs` -The number of doses per 24 hours for which the medication is to be given. A daily dose would result in `doses_per_24_hrs`: 1, bidaily (BID) or twice a day would be 2, and so on. Within NHMC, if the medication order couldn’t be converted to `doses_per_24_hrs` (such as 'Once', 'PRN', 'Continuous', 'Weekly', or 'Q 90 days') the value would be missing. +The number of doses per 24 hours for which the medication is to be given. A daily dose would result in `doses_per_24_hrs`: 1, bidaily (BID) or twice a day would be 2, and so on. Within NMHC, if the medication order couldn’t be converted to `doses_per_24_hrs` (such as 'Once', 'PRN', 'Continuous', 'Weekly', or 'Q 90 days') the value would be missing. ### `route` diff --git a/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/icu/_index.md b/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/icu/_index.md index 9271f309..e8d543cb 100644 --- a/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/icu/_index.md +++ b/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/icu/_index.md @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ linkTitle: "ICU" date: 2023-09-18 weight: 30 description: > - The ICU module contains information collected from the clinical information system of both BIDMC and NHMC used within the ICU. Information covered includes icu admissions, procedures, and charted vital sign data. + The ICU module contains information collected from the clinical information system of both BIDMC and NMHC used within the ICU. Information covered includes icu admissions, procedures, and charted vital sign data. --- -The ICU module contains data sourced from the clinical information system at the BIDMC (MetaVision (iMDSoft)) and NHMC. MetaVision tables in BIDMC were denormalized to create a star schema where the icustays and d_items tables link to a set of data tables all suffixed with *events*. +The ICU module contains data sourced from the clinical information system at the BIDMC (MetaVision (iMDSoft)) and NMHC. MetaVision tables in BIDMC were denormalized to create a star schema where the icustays and d_items tables link to a set of data tables all suffixed with *events*. Data documented in the ICU module includes icu admissions (*icu stays*), procedures (*procedureevents*, *d_items*), and charted vital sign data (*chartevents*, *d_items*). All events tables contain a `stay_id` column allowing identification of the associated ICU patient in *icustays*, and an `itemid` column allowing identification of the concept documented in *d_items*. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/icu/icustays.md b/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/icu/icustays.md index f415a09b..36f8ec01 100644 --- a/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/icu/icustays.md +++ b/content/en/docs/mimic-nw/modules/icu/icustays.md @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Identifiers which specify the patient: `subject_id` is unique to a patient, `had `first_careunit` and `last_careunit` contain, respectively, the first and last ICU type in which the patient was cared for. -NHMC definitions for `first_careunit` and `last_careunit`: +NMHC definitions for `first_careunit` and `last_careunit`: | first_careunit/last_careunit | Full abbreviation (Epic) | |------------------------------------|----------------------------------| @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ NHMC definitions for `first_careunit` and `last_careunit`: | CTU | CARDIAC TELEMETRY UNIT, General Medicine service | | RADIOLOGY | | -Note, the addition of ICU overflow in both BIDMC and NHMC as a `first_careunit` and/or `last_careunit`. In the context of COVID-19, an 'ICU overflow' typically refers to a situation in which intensive care units (ICUs) in a hospital or healthcare facility have reached or exceeded their capacity due to a surge in COVID-19 patients requiring critical care. This overflow occurs when the number of patients needing intensive care for COVID-19 exceeds the available ICU beds. +Note, the addition of ICU overflow in both BIDMC and NMHC as a `first_careunit` and/or `last_careunit`. In the context of COVID-19, an 'ICU overflow' typically refers to a situation in which intensive care units (ICUs) in a hospital or healthcare facility have reached or exceeded their capacity due to a surge in COVID-19 patients requiring critical care. This overflow occurs when the number of patients needing intensive care for COVID-19 exceeds the available ICU beds. ### `intime`, `outtime`