CDM and Vocabulary Workgroup Goals 2016

1. Establish a consistent transparent process to improve and change both the CDM and the Vocabulary through:

• Forum discussion
• Uniform proposal submission
• Peer vetting
• Group approval
• Documentation

2. Have at least a dozen requests vetted and implemented if approved. Candidates include:

• Consolidate payer costs from multiple to one table
• Expand the DRUG_STRENGTH table to all concept classes
• Establish conventions for denominator and quantity units in the DRUG_EXPOSURE table
• Establish conventions for tobacco smoking representation
• Improve vocabulary and establish conventions for representing procedure occurrence modifiers
• Add package or box size to the DRUG_STRENGTH table
• Provide support for more consistent and granular temporal data representation
• Add drug benefit Indicator to the PAYER_PLAN_PERIOD table
• Create model/conventions/vocabulary to represent transition of care
• Add vocabulary and conventions for survey data representation
• Add support for data provenance, harmonize vocabulary for concept types
• Add new domains: oncology, genomics, sensor

3. Improve collaboration and alignment between CDM/Vocabulary, software development, and other workgroups.