Archive for December, 2021

Concept Maps for Substance Administration with Increasing Levels of Detail

A substance administration consists of a substance and the activity of administering the substance. Some data items describe the substance, others the administration.   In…

Concept Maps for Adverse Events with Increasing Levels of Detail

A query about adverse events is, at heart, an observation.   Data on the adverse event may also include location and pattern. This concept map…

LOINC and the SDTM

December 16, 2021

  LOINC is a pre-coordinated laboratory coding system used in healthcare IT systems. It includes lab tests, clinical measures, HIPAA documents and standardized survey instruments….

SDTM Structure Diagrams

December 16, 2021

SDTM describes several types of datasets. This diagram illustrates a hierarchical view of those types of datasets. Findings domains may be represented as findings about…

UCUM and CDISC Codelists

December 16, 2021

  Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) was developed by Regenstrief Institute and the UCUM Organization as an unambiguous system of units and their combinations. UCUM is…

Considerations for Using CDISC Standards in Observational Studies

PHUSE US Connect 2019 Paper SI08 Considerations for Using CDISC Standards in Observational Studies Jon Neville, CDISC, Austin, TX, USA Bess LeRoy, CDISC, Austin, TX,…

SDTM Timing Variables for Pre-study Findings

Data about medical history and prior meds are often collected at an initial study visit. Records in an SDTM-based dataset for these events and interventions…

Domain vs. Dataset: What's the Difference?

The terms “domain” and “dataset” are commonly used in CDISC’s nomenclature and found frequently in the Study Data Tabulation Model (SDTM). For example, the SDTM…

A Short History of CDISC and SAS Transport Files

Background When development of the SDTM and SDTMIG started, SAS was in almost universal use in the pharmaceutical industry and at FDA. "The SAS® Version…

Why Not Just Use SNOMED?

December 15, 2021

SNOMED (short for SNOMED Clinical Terms or SNOMED CT) is a set of medical terms used widely in clinical practice. Some have asked why CDISC…