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OHDSI
Improve CDM Wiki Text - PROVIDER.PROVIDER_NAME
Improve CDM Wiki Text - PROVIDER.PROVIDER_NAME
CDM or THEMIS convention?
CDM
Table or Field level?
Field
Is this a general convention?
Field
Summary of issues
- Text in CDM Wiki could be improved upon.
Summary of answer
| USER GUIDE | ETL CONVENTIONS | |
|---|---|---|
| CURRENTLY | - | This field is not necessary as it is not necessary to have the actual identity of the Provider. Rather, the idea is to uniquely and anonymously identify providers of care across the database |
| SUGGESTIONS | This field contains information that describes a healthcare provider. | This field is not required for identifying the Provider's actual identity. Instead, its purpose is to uniquely and/or anonymously identify providers of care across the database. |
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Other comments/notes
- No specific THEMIS GitHub call outs.
- I like adding "A description of the Provider." from the old Wiki. Or "In the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) program, "provider_name" is a field in the PROVIDER table that describes a healthcare provider. "
