Submitted By: Mitra Rocca
/ Food and Drug Administration
Data Element Information
Use Case Description(s)
Use Case Description
Extracting adverse event for FDA regulated medical products from EHRs
Estimate the breadth of applicability of the use case(s) for this data element
regulators, researchers, patients and healthcare providers and medical products manufacturers
Healthcare Aims
Improving patient experience of care (quality and/or satisfaction)
Improving the health of populations
Maturity of Use and Technical Specifications for Data Element
Applicable Standard(s)
adverse events are mapped to MedDRA terminology
Additional Specifications
Adverse Event Resource in HL7 FHIR R4
Current Use
Not currently captured or accessed with an organization
Extent of exchange
5 or more. This data element has been tested at scale between multiple different production environments to support the majority of anticipated stakeholders.
Supporting Artifacts
Medical products manufacturers and FDA
healthcare providers and FDA
Patients also report adverse events to FDA
Potential Challenges
Restrictions on Standardization (e.g. proprietary code)
MedDRA codes are needed for some of the data elements within the adverse event resource
Restrictions on Use (e.g. licensing, user fees)
MedDRA license
Privacy and Security Concerns
None
Estimate of Overall Burden
There is a burden to implement adverse event within EHR systems. Not sure of the level of burden.
Official Website of The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
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