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Table 4 Availability of key VHA data domains: Praedico, Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW), NSSP ESSENCE and VA ESSENCE

From: Public health surveillance in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: evaluation of the Praedico surveillance system

Data Domain

Praedico (2010-present)a

CDW

(1999-present)

NSSP ESSENCE (August 2018-present)

VA ESSENCE (2005-2015, retired)

Emergency Dept (ED) & Urgent Care (UC) Encounters

✓ (missing chief complaint & disposition)

✓

✓

✓ (missing chief complaint & disposition)

Outpatient Encounters (other than ED/UC)

✓

✓

X

✓

Inpatient/Hospitalizations

✓

✓

X

✓

Inpatient Bed Section

✓

✓

X

✓

Patient Problem List

X

✓

✓

X

Procedure (CPT and ICD-9/10-PCS)

✓

✓

X (In progress)

✓

Surgery

✓

✓

X

✓

Laboratory (Chemistry)

✓

✓ (missing performing laboratory field)

X

X

Laboratory (Microbiology)

✓

✓ (Mycobacteria incomplete)

X

X

Pathology (Autopsy & Surgical Specimen)

X

✓

X

X

Bar-coded Medication Administration (BCMA)

✓

✓

X

X

Outpatient Pharmacy (Orders & Refills)

✓

✓

X

X

Inpatient Pharmacy (Orders)

✓

✓

X

X

Provider Notes

X

✓

X

X

Telephone Triage (DSHI TriageXpertâ„¢ System)

✓

X

X

✓

Immunization Table

✓ (In progress)

✓

X

X

Radiology Reports

X

✓

X

X

Vital Signs

X

✓

✓

✓

Patient Demographics (Gender, Race/ethnicity, Age, Birth/Death Date)

✓ (Race/ethnicity not available for some data domains)

✓

✓ (Death Date not available)

✓ (Race/ethnicity not available for some domains)

  1. CDW Corporate Data Warehouse, NSSP National Syndromic Surveillance Program, CPT Current Procedural Terminology, ICD-9/10-PCS International Classification of Disease, 9th and 10th Revisions-Procedure Coding System
  2. alimited laboratory chemistry data from 2010 to 2014 and telephone triage data from 11/2016-6/2017