From medico-administrative databases analysis to care trajectories analytics: an example with the French SNDS

Fundam Clin Pharmacol. 2018 Feb;32(1):78-80. doi: 10.1111/fcp.12323. Epub 2017 Oct 17.

Abstract

Medico-administrative data like SNDS (Système National de Données de Santé) are not collected initially for epidemiological purposes. Moreover, the data model and the tools proposed to SNDS users make their in-depth exploitation difficult. We propose a data model, called the ePEPS model, based on healthcare trajectories to provide a medical view of raw data. A data abstraction process enables the clinician to have an intuitive medical view of raw data and to design a study-specific view. This view is based on a generic model of care trajectory, that is a sequence of time stamped medical events for a given patient. This model is combined with tools to manipulate care trajectories efficiently.

Keywords: SNDS; chronicle mining; healthcare trajectory.

MeSH terms

  • Administrative Claims, Healthcare*
  • Critical Pathways*
  • Data Mining / methods*
  • Databases, Factual*
  • Electronic Health Records*
  • France
  • Health Services Research / methods*
  • Humans
  • Medical Informatics Computing
  • National Health Programs*
  • Software