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Standardizing Data From the Dead

NCJ Number
255967
Journal
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics Volume: 264 Dated: 2019 Pages: 1427-1428
Author(s)
Shamsi D. Berry; Heather J. H. Edgar
Date Published
2019
Length
2 pages
Annotation

A database of full-body CT scans and associated lifestyle and health data from decedents who underwent an autopsy at the Office of the Medical Investigator (OMI) is under construction.

Abstract

The dataset has 68 metadata fields containing data from the OMI’s database and interviews with next of kin. Some metadata fields could be mapped to existing standards, but the majority of fields required some modifications to current standards or the creation of new standards. (publisher abstract modified)