Dear Jim and GPC Dev,
Thanks for the good discussion Tuesday regarding the CDM 3 vote: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ih4XGJVrTjIH7xOHAnQOqfqKvLl9ZxovS5PXgFOT7qo/edit

Did we as the GPC or any other CDRNs ever propose alternatives or improved 
modifications to the CDM draft?

If not, was it because

-          No opportunity

-          there was a sense it was futile

-          No interest

Do we have written recommendations to improve CDM3 or specifically identify the 
flaws or most difficult to maintain sections?

At a high level I view adding prescribing/ordered medications as good

I am still concerned this non-EAV model or each domain is very expensive to 
augment and maintain

It would be preferable to share extensible enhancements with the group as an 
alternative,

Russ



From: Campbell, James R [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2015 7:10 AM
To: Russ Waitman
Subject: RE: PCORI CDM V3 vote


On Saturday PCORI preemptively cancelled the DSSNI call scheduled for today.  
There has been no organized discussion of CDM for a month now.  They have moved 
the decision making to the PIs, apparently to limit debate and need for their 
response.  It seems they have been missing every deadline they set for 
themselves and I am not sure what to expect.  Are you saying they have not been 
discussing this within the PI steering group either?

Jim

________________________________
From: Russ Waitman [[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2015 6:25 AM
To: Campbell, James R
Cc: Dan Connolly; McClay, James C
Subject: Re: PCORI CDM V3 vote
That secure transmission is the fault of the KUMC email system.  No idea why it 
did that.

I think we are all somewhat non-enthusiastic of the direction of the CDM.

Do you have suggestions that would improve the next iteration?  Any chance to 
bring those forward to Disney?

Russ
On May 17, 2015, at 10:23 AM, Campbell, James R 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

Russ,
Thanks for sharing the CDM V3 document with me.  Why the secure transmission?  
I thought this was public knowledge?

Have they been discussing these changes in the CDM in the PI forum?  Looking 
through the copy that you sent me I count over 35 data attributes ADDED since 
our input was tendered on V3.  Many of those additions do nothing to improve 
data quality (like all the temporary primary identifier fields we will have to 
generate.....we need to be sure they are serious that we do not have to 
maintain IDs across refresh cycles) and will be a lot of work for GPC data 
managers.  I can understand hat perhaps they will be useful for the central 
data warehouse managers and presume that is where the requirements originated.

I assume that many networks are refusing to release non-obfuscated dates 
without full IRB and so I appreciate the rationale for the proliferation of 
HARVEST.Attributes but that table will have to be regenerated for each trial 
report assuming that we will have a mixture of IRB approved and non-approved 
trials.

They are giving lip service to compliance with meaningful use standardization 
but are adding duplicate data identification requirements (PRO_CM.PRO_ITEM; 
LAB_RESULT.LAB_NAME are examples) that create overhead for our data managers 
and require mapping tables in addition to what our sites are doing for ONC 
compliance.

I was suprized by the appearance of the table 2.5 "Implementation Expectations" 
 table of page 6.  Are a lot of CDRNs not able to produce LAB, CONDITION, DEATH 
and PRESCRIBING datasets?  Will these be the factors that separate the men from 
the boys in trial participation?  I don't see how they can do the ADAPTABLE  
trial from EHR data harvest without some of these data sets.

In short, this V3 document creates a lot of new requirements for our data 
managers, many with apparently arbitrary specs.  If we can take table 2.5 
literally, GPC should be able to meet CDM compliance in the next few months but 
I ask if the OPTIONAL tables will not be the mark of the truly successful CDRN 
and therefore required for our long term viability.

Please provide your prospectives on this.  What is the discussion among PIs?  
Is the snowball already hallway down the hill?
Jim

NEW or REVISED ELEMENTS IN CDM V3
DIAGNOSIS.DIAGNOSISID (Unique over time for all queries to site?? They say no 
and so I ask WHY?)
PROCEDURE.PROCEDURESID
VITAL.SMOKING
VITAL.TOBACCO (CHANGED FROM V2; IT APPEARS THAT THEY HAVE CREATED DUPLICATE 
ENTRIES FOR SMOKING BEHAVIOR AND HAVE CHANGED V2 DEFINITIONS ON TOBACCO TYPE.  
THIS FLIES IN THE FACE OF WHAT WE ARE BEING REQUIRED TO REPORT FOR MEANINGFUL 
USE )
VITAL.TOBACCO_TYPE
DISPENSING.DISPENSINGID
DISPENSING.PRESCRIBINGID (QUESTIONABLE ADDITION!  THOSE OF OUR SITES THAT CAN 
REPORT THIS WILL BE ACCEPTING SURESCRIPTS DATA THAT THEY HAVE NOT ORIGINATED)
DISPENSING.NDC (SHOULD SPECIFICALLY DRAW FROM NLM RXNAV PUBLICATION)
[LAB_RESULT.LAB_NAME CREATES BURDEN FOR MAPPING ALL TEST NAMES IN ADDITION TO 
LOINC SOTH NAME WHICH SHOULD BE QUITE ADEQUATE FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES]
LAB_RESULT.NORM_MODIFIER_LO
LAB_RESULT.NORM_MODIFIER_HI
CONDITION.CONDITIONID
PRO_CM.PRO_CMID
PRO_CM.PRO_ITEM (REDUNDANT WITH LOINC CODE ?WHY?)
PRESCRIBING.ORDER_TIME
PRESCRIBING _FREQUENCY
PRESCRIBING.RX_BASIS (NEW; THIS IS INCONSISTENT WITH GUIDANCE ON NATURE OF THE 
DISPENSING RECORD AND MAKES NO SENSE!)
PCORNET_TRIAL.PARTICIPANTID
PCORNET_TRIAL.TRIALSITEID
HARVEST.BIRTH_DATE_MGMT
HARVEST.ENR_START_DATE_MGMT
HARVEST.ENR_END_DATE_MGMT
HARVEST.ADMIT_DATE_MGMT
HARVEST.DISCHARGE_DATE_MGMT
HARVEST.PX_DATE_MGMT
HARVEST.RX_ORDER_DATE_MGMT
HARVEST.RX_START_DATE_MGMT
HARVEST.RX_END_DATE_MGMT
HARVEST .RESULT_DATE
HARVEST .MEASURE_DATE
HARVEST.ONSET_DATE_MGMT
HARVEST.REPORT_DATE_MGMT
HARVEST.RESOLVE_DATE_MGMT
HARVEST.PRO_DATE_MGMT
HARVEST.REFRESH_DEMOGRAPHIC_DATE
HARVEST.REFRESH_PRESCRIBING_DATE
HARVEST.REFRESHPCORNET_TRIAL_DATE
HARVEST.REFRESH_DEATH_DATE
HARVEST.REFRESH_DEATH_CAUSE_DATE

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