MedMining

February 2010

Operating Room Data
MedMining offers detailed Operating Room data. Geisinger's menu of procedures performed includes, but is not limited to, everything from routine hip replacement to CABG surgery to complicated kidney, liver, and pancreas transplants, and the list continues. Our Operating Room data includes linked device and manufacturer records, anesthesia score, laterality, times (arrival to Operating Room, first incision, final closing, etc.), and much more.

Contact Us to learn more about our Operating Room data.      

                                                                       

Comprehensive Tobacco Use Data
MedMining offers detailed Tobacco Use data including status (current, passive, quit, never, etc.), tobacco type (cigarettes, cigars, chew, pipe), years used, and packs per day. The counts below provide a snapshot of comprehensive data for patients indicated as Current Tobacco Users.

Of Current Tobacco Users:
 1. 74% have a valid tobacco type available.*
       a. 90% indicate cigarette use. 
       b. 6% indicate chew use.
       c. 3% indicate cigar use.
       d. 3% indicate snuff use.
       e. 1% indicate pipe use.
              *A patient may indicate multiple tobacco type uses.

  2. 66% have the number of years using tobacco available.
       a. Tobacco users have been using tobacco, on average, for 20 years.

  3. 79% have the number of packs per day available.
       a. On average, tobacco users have been using 86% of a pack of tobacco per day.

Contact Us to speak about the routine capture of other lifestyle data elements.


Comprehensive Diabetes Data
MedMining can provide Diabetes data which is routinely ordered, in part, due to reminder alerts built into the Diabetic Bundled Order Set within Geisinger's Electronic Health Record (EHR). Alerts are built into the Diabetic Bundled Order Set to remind patients and providers when it is time to evaluate many of the core quality measures necessary for monitoring Diabetes, such as laboratory values (HbA1C, Lipids, Basic Metabolic Panel, etc.) and annual Eye and Foot Exams.

Contact us to speak about the routine capture of other disease-specific data elements.






November 2009

Women’s Health Data
MedMining offers comprehensive Women’s Health data. Geisinger’s menu of Women’s Health services offers care ranging from delivering a healthy baby to treating complicated pregnancies, infertility, menopause, cancer, and more. With over 2,700 deliveries performed annually, our Women’s Health data includes birth outcomes such as delivery type (C-section, Vaginal, etc.), gestational age, labor length, birth weight, infant sex, Apgar Score (1 vs. 5 minutes after birth), anesthesia type (local, general, spinal, etc.), final outcome (preterm, abortion, etc.), and more. We also have the ability to link mother and child records for deliveries performed at Geisinger.

In addition to collecting detailed pregnancy episode data, a woman’s Last Menstrual Period (LMP) status (premenarche, menarche, hysterectomy, postmenopausal, etc.) is routinely collected at each OB/GYN office visit.  Contact Us to learn more about our Women’s Health data.


Comprehensive Blood Pressure Data
MedMining offers comprehensive blood pressure data. Clinicians routinely capture blood pressure data at office visits for patients over the age of 3. The table below provides a snapshot of comprehensive office visit blood pressure data capture for our Diabetes, Hyperlipidemia, and Hypertension populations. Contact Us to speak about the routine capture of other data elements.

  Distinct Office Visits % Office Visits
  Diabetes Hypertension Hyperlipidemia Diabetes Hypertension Hyperlipidemia
ICD-9 ICD-9 ICD-9 ICD-9 ICD-9 ICD-9
250.** 401.** - 405.** 272.0 - 272.4 250.** 401.** - 405.** 272.0 - 272.4
1.  # Distinct Office Visit Encounters 1,440,027 3,108,987 3,274,447      
2.  Of 1., and 1,084,326 2,367,815 2,541,640 75.30% 76.16% 77.62%
Blood Pressure Systolic and Diastolic not null

 

MedMining participates on PwC panel
MedMining CEO, Jim Peters, was recently invited to participate on a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) panel to discuss MedMining’s secondary use of health data. MedMining was one of only five healthcare organizations selected to serve on the panel at an Executive Roundtable held in Washington, D.C.  Click Here to read the complete report which consolidates the conversations that took place. To read the case study highlighting MedMining, Click Here.






September 2009

HER2 Data
MedMining now offers HER2 data for your next Breast Cancer study. Following the NCCN, CAP, and ASCO guidelines for HER2 testing, we have HER2 data on over 1,400 distinct patients. Historically the test was only performed on patients with invasive ductal or lobular cancers being surgically treated here at Geisinger. However, we recently started performing the test on insitu cases as well due to clinical interest. Contact Us to learn more about our HER2 data.


FRAX® Data
MedMining now offers FRAX® data. As part of our manual electronic chart review process, we have the ability to extract FRAX® scores dating back to when the World Health Organization’s tool first became available in 2008. Coupled with our longitudinal DXA data, FRAX® scores can be a powerful compliment to your next osteoporosis study. Contact us to learn more about our FRAX® data.


EEG Study Published
Clinical Neurophysiology recently published a study, The EEG as an independent indicator of mortality and healthcare utilization, which used MedMining data. EEG results from Geisinger’s neurology database were merged with core EHR data, such as medications, diagnoses, and numerous neurology-specific laboratory values. Click Here to read the complete publication.





Summer 2009

Geisinger Health Plan (GHP) Claim Data
MedMining now offers core clinical data linked to pharmacy, medical, and hospital claims data for Geisinger patients who also carry GHP. Approximately 30% of active Geisinger patients carry GHP and 270,000+ of those same patients currently have at least 12 months of continuous GHP enrollment. This is yet another way MedMining can say without a doubt that “Our Data is Different.™” Click Here for a comprehensive list of claims data elements available.   


Geisinger’s EHR featured on CNN 
Get a sneak peak into a Geisinger physician’s use of the Electronic Health Record. Visit our News page or Click Here to watch the video clip. CNN also features Geisinger’s innovative Proven Care model. Visit our News page or Click Here to watch the video clip.


ISPE-Providence: August 17-19, 2009 
Stop by Booth #17 and meet our CEO, Jim Peters, who will be launching the availability of our newest data…8,000+ flowsheet measures!!!!

 


Spring 2009

              Comprehensive Medical Diagnostic Lab Test Data
MedMining offers over 1,110 distinct medical diagnostic lab tests and processes 22.5 million lab results annually. The top 50 labs tests ordered (and associated data) for 2007 – 2008 are seen in the table below. This is just a small sample of over 1,110 labs MedMining offers. Please Contact Us if you do not see the lab test you are interested in for your next study.

Order Name

# Times Ordered

# Tests

# Total Tests Results

CBC w/Differential

1,142,485

15

17,137,275

Basic Metabolic Panel

581,511

10

5,815,110

Comprehensive Metabolic Panel

293,781

16

4,700,496

Lipid Panel

286,197

6

1,717,182

PT/INR

272,875

2

545,750

CBC

249,636

13

3,245,268

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone

241,137

1

241,137

Culture, Quantitative Urine

167,161

4

668,644

Active Partial Thromboplastin Time

140,872

1

140,872

Routine Urinalysis

127,843

13

1,661,959

Hepatic Function Panel

123,379

7

863,653

ALT

104,310

1

104,310

Magnesium

97,010

1

97,010

Culture, Blood

91,713

4

366,852

Phosphorus

90,295

1

90,295

Troponin T

80,499

1

80,499

CK with MB

71,741

4

286,964

GPA Strep Probe, Throat

60,513

3

181,539

Sedimentation Rate

60,264

1

60,264

LDL (Direct Measure)

58,739

1

58,739

Free T4

58,240

1

58,240

Microalb Creat Ratio

53,832

3

161,496

Hemoglobin

50,498

1

50,498

AST

49,957

1

49,957

Lipase

46,996

1

46,996

Creatinine, Serum

44,076

2

88,152

Prostate Specific Antigen

42,591

1

42,591

Type and Screen

41,102

5

205,510

Ferritin

37,871

1

37,871

Hematocrit

35,171

1

35,171

Vitamin D 25 OH

34,281

3

102,843

Chlamydia Trachomatis Amplified

33,880

5

169,400

Vitamin B12

33,863

1

33,863

Amylase

33,709

1

33,709

Culture, Routine

33,129

4

132,516

Hemoglobin A1C

33,077

2

66,154

Calcium, Ionized

32,306

1

32,306

Smear, Direct Gram Stain

31,365

4

125,460

PSA Screen

30,149

1

30,149

Blood Group and Type

29,364

1

29,364

Acute Hepatitis Panel

29,064

4

116,256

Blood Gas, Arterial

29,006

13

377,078

Whole Blood Profile, Arterial

28,496

22

626,912

Transferrin Saturation

28,161

4

112,644

MRSA Screen, Admission

26,957

4

107,828

Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Amplified

26,300

5

131,500

Glucose

25,023

1

25,023

CK-Total

24,784

1

24,784

Renal Function Panel

24,456

12

293,472


 Mortality Data
MedMining offers mortality data which is reconciled monthly against the Social Security Death Index. Possible values for mortality status include Alive, Deceased, Coroner’s Case, or Null. Day of Death may also be available via the Social Security Death Index or when manually entered by Geisinger staff. Contact Us to learn more about this feature in our Electronic Health Record.


 Geisinger featured on PBS News Hour with Jim Lehrer
Geisinger physicians and staff share the story of our innovative use of the Electronic Health Record. Visit our News page or Click Here to watch the video clip.


 ISPOR-Orlando: May 18-20, 2009
Stop by Booth #28 for the launch of our new data elements. We’ve listened to your feedback and will be announcing the availability of data that digs even deeper than we have dug before. More to come in May!


 


Winter 2009

Additional Actual Cost Data Fields
MedMining now offers actual cost data at the encounter, hospital, medication, physician, and procedure level. For example, a patient is seen in the Emergency Department after falling down a flight of steps in her home. The actual total encounter cost to Geisinger for services rendered was $1,025.37. The encounter level data available is as seen below:

Hospital Cost (Nursing services, supplies, facilities, etc.)$650.37
Physician Cost (Salary, medical malpractice insurance, etc.)$375.00
Total Encounter Cost$1,025.37

Procedure and Medication actual cost data is also provided as costs are incurred. Contact us at 570-214-9678 to learn more about this exciting new offering in pharmacoeconomic research.


Oncology Registry
MedMining is pleased to announce the much anticipated Oncology data offering. We are now able to provide detailed clinical and pathological data captured through Geisinger’s American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC) approved registry. Data elements available include clinical and pathological stage, primary tumor size, grade, histology, laterality, regional lymph node examination, treatment, follow-up data, and much more. For a comprehensive list of data elements available, visit the Oncology section of Our Data page to learn more.


Pulmonary Function Test Data
MedMining is excited to unveil the unique offering of pulmonary function test values, such as FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC, FEF 25-75%, and many more. With 500+ pulmonary function tests performed monthly, it is not hard to imagine the vast number of opportunities this data set can provide to pharmacoeconomic and health outcomes groups. To learn how you can start utilizing our pulmonary function test data, Contact Us at request@medmining.com.


Job Opportunities
MedMining is seeking qualified candidates for the Director of Sales and Senior Data Analyst roles. Please visit our Careers page to learn more about how you can become a member of the MedMining team.





Fall 2008

MedMining puts list of commonly licensed core data elements at customer's fingertips
Welcome to the Inaugural Edition of The MedMining Minute. This is our way of taking a Minute of your day to provide timely, relevant updates to what peaks your interest the most, our data.The MedMining Minute is intended to be point and direct, not overly sales-like or pretentious. It is a service designed without gimmicks or false intentions that aims to keep you, our valued customer, on the pulse of what is going on at MedMining.

We have also been hard at work giving our website, www.medmining.com, a facelift. You can access a comprehensive list of the most commonly licensed data elements as well as the “Our Process” section which provides new customers insight into what should be expected as we proceed through a project together.

We hope you find The MedMining Minute and our updated website to be user-friendly and helpful. Through providing these valuable services we trust that you will agree that we're not just your data vendor, we're your partner.

Kind regards,





Data provides groundbreaking research opportunities
On a daily basis, your competition is discovering why MedMining truly has the deepest Electronic Medical Record (EMR) data. Over the past few months, your competition has learned about data elements that we here at MedMining take for granted. Each of these data elements can provide monumental, groundbreaking outcomes based research opportunities. Here is just a few of the data requests we have successfully provided insight on over the past few months:
  • BMD and T-Score findings for Post Menopausal Osteoporosis
  • EEG findings for Epilepsy
  • L.A. Classification Grade scores for Erosive Esophagitis
  • MRI findings for Multiple Sclerosis and Colorectal Cancer
  • Spirometry values for Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
To see a comprehensive list of the most commonly licensed data elements, Click Here.


Upcoming Events
New Job Opportunities Announced
In order to better service your needs, MedMining is now seeking qualified candidates for the Director of Sales and additional Senior Data Analyst roles. Please visit our Careers page to learn more about these exciting roles and how you can now become a member of the MedMining team.





 

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