Group Leaders: Kristin Feeney, Mui van Zandt
Meetings:
THEMIS Bi-weekly Meeting (Skype Meeting) Occurs every other Tuesday from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
Join Skype Meeting https://meet.lync.com/quintiles-quintilesims/mui.vanzandt/7Z24VJ8Z
Join by phone Toll number: +1 (646) 838-2458,,88328055# (Dial-in Number) English (United States) Conference ID: 88328055
Meeting Minutes:
| Issue | Options |
|---|---|
| CARE_SITE | |
| Split up living Provider/Organization | Pick based on transaction, develop conventions/Leave all in one |
| Place of Service | Clean up, make international |
| Place of Service when different in facility and professional claims | |
| DEATH | |
| Indirect, direct (immediate cause), and origin | Death Type Concept |
| Multiple records - same day | allow |
| Multiple records - different day | don't allow |
| Events after death | Grace period/event count with threshold/Move death date/Move event dates/remove/relegate to History of |
| Privacy rules for suppression | Data provider's problem |
| PERSON | |
| Birth year after the database ends | Define quality conventions |
| Glean month if birth absent e.g. from Observation Period starting same year | ETLer's problem, not recommended |
| HIPAA Rule says no <2 and >85 | Develop guidelines |
| Gender vs Sex | Submit to WG |
| Multiple genders | Pick latest/Pick earliest |
| Multiple ethnicities | Pick latest/Pick earliest |
| Multiple races | Pick latest/Pick earliest |
| No year of birth or 0 | Drop patient |
| Keep if no other record in other data | Keep |
| Primary provider unknown | Leave blank |
| PROVIDER | |
| Split up living Provider/Organization | See Care Site |
| More than on provider of hospitalization, in charge, general, specialist, prescription | Pick by transaction type |
| Multiple Care Sites | Through Visit |
| No Care Sites | Leave blank |
| NPI with multiple names | Ignore |
| Multiple specialties | Create multiple entries with flag/pick |
| Specialty | Clean up |
| LOCATION | |
| Time-changing | WG Group |
| Representation of region | Develop guideline |