Patient Records Consistency: Multi Site, Exploratory, Longitudinal Analysis


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Publisher

PEDSnet

Abstract

This check provides exploratory analyses across time to examine multiple sites. The Patient Record Consistency module, part of the larger SSDQA ecosystem, tests the consistency of clinical data representation within a patient’s record. The goal is to ensure that the patient’s information is confirmatory and complete, such that two events that are expected to co-exist do both occur within the same patient (i.e. a leukemia diagnosis and chemotherapy).

Data Requirements

cohort , prc_event_file , omop_or_pcornet , multi_or_single_site , anomaly_or_exploratory , age_groups , patient_level_tbl , fu_breaks , p_value , time , time_span , time_period

Probe

Clinical Assessment

Access Package

# install.packages("devtools") devtools::install_github('ssdqa/patientrecordconsistency')

Visualization Output

This check outputs line graph showing how far each site falls from the mean proportion of patients for each event category across time. The dotted line at 0 represents the mean, and each colored line represents an individual site and its distance from that mean. The farther away the site line is from the dotted line, the farther away it is from the overall mean.

Raw Output

This check produces a raw data output containing 9 columns of data:

Column Data Type Definition
site character the name of the site being targeted
time_start date the start of the time period being examined
time_increment character the length of each time period
event_a_num numeric the number of times event A occurred within the time period
event_a_name character the name of event A
event_b_num numeric the number of times event B occurred within the time period
event_b_name character the name of event B
pt_ct numeric the number of patients who had event_a_num and event_b_num of event occurrences
total_pts numeric the total number of eligible patients in the cohort during the time period

Affiliation(s)

PEDSnet Data Coordinating Center

Funder(s)

This research was made possible through the generous support of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. The statements presented in this work are solely the responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of PCORI, its Board of Governors, or its Methodology Committee.

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https://github.com/ssdqa/patientrecordconsistency

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Study-Specific Quality, Utility, and Breadth Assessment
Created:2025-11Affiliation:PEDSnet Data Coordinating Center
This suite of R packages allows one to investigate multiple facets of data quality and customize analyses based on your study-specific needs. Each module allows up to 8 different analyses in either the OMOP or PCORnet CDM, all aimed at taking a different view of the data while still addressing the same data quality probe.

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Cite this Data Quality Check

PEDSnet Data Coordinating Center., Wieand, K., Bailey, C., Razzaghi, H., & Dickinson, K. (2024, December). Patient Records Consistency: Multi Site, Exploratory, Longitudinal Analysis. [D Q Check]. PEDSpace Knowledge Bank. https://doi.org/10.24373/pdsp-427