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A Method for Generating Dashboard Aggregations in an International HIV Consortium.
Judith T Lewis1, Ellen Brazier2, Benjamin Katz2
1Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|June 8, 2022
Summary
This study presents a method for integrating data aggregation scripts into a web application for improved population health monitoring. It simplifies data quality checks and metric storage for online dashboards.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Data Management
- Public Health Research
Background:
- Online dashboards are essential for visualizing population health metrics and research data.
- Aggregating data from diverse sources for dashboards while maintaining quality is challenging.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe a novel method for integrating HIV dashboard aggregation scripts into an existing data quality application.
- To leverage REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) for storing aggregated metrics efficiently.
Main Methods:
- Integration of dashboard aggregation scripts into a web-based data quality checking system.
- Utilizing REDCap as a centralized repository for aggregated population health metrics.
Main Results:
- A streamlined process for data aggregation and quality checking for online dashboards.
- Enhanced data management capabilities for research networks.
Conclusions:
- The described method simplifies the complex process of data aggregation for online health dashboards.
- This approach improves data quality and facilitates efficient metric dissemination in public health research.
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