Group Leader: Paul Petraro
THEMIS Bi-weekly Meeting (Skype Meeting) Occurs every other Tuesday from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
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Tracking Sheet: Below are brief meeting notes. To see a complete list of what topcis in the list below are being discussed, proposed, or finalzied; go to the Github at the following link https://github.com/OHDSI/Themis/issues . The link will bring you to all THEMIS topics from all WGs.
Meeting Minutes:
| Issue | Options |
|---|---|
| OBSERVATION_PERIOD | |
| Combined Data (CPRD-HES, Rx/Dx coverage | Allow and add flags/disallow |
| Data outside | Allow/put in Observation as “History of” |
| Persistence Window between enrollments | Allow and add after end of enrollment/disallow |
| VISIT | |
| Missing End date | Leave null/create guideline for inference |
| How to derive visit type if not available | |
| Create Visits from hcpcs/cpt codes representing longer period care, e.g. dialysis charges are billed once a month | |
| Create Visits from events | |
| Long term care/ Skilled nursing facility | |
| Reverse Visits | |
| Observation visits | |
| Visits for receiving a test | |
| COST | |
| DRG - what to do with them | Leave |
| How to handle granular versus total cost? | Gowtham's proposal |
| How to handle geographical or year-based multiplier tables | CDM WG |
| PAYER_PLAN_PERIOD | |
| Payer types | Clean up and create convention |
| Overlapping | Keep |