I’m a researcher developping a system that works with CDM. The field we study is nursing. We are in the process of standardizing vocabularies to prepare CDM. But ohdsi vocabularies do not contain the ICNP I need. ICNP (International Classification for Nursing Practice, https://www.icn.ch/what-we-do/projects/ehealth-icnp) was defined by the International Council of Nurses (ICN).
The structure of the ICNP is similar to that of Ohdsi vocabularies, so the mapping is simple and I have a set mapping for research… However, since the ICNP is an asset to ICN, should ICN map the vocabularies and provide them to ohdsi? Is there a formal procedure to explain the registration of ohdsi’s vocabulary to ICN?
(The ICN said that there is a licensing fee for Commercial, regional or national use)
What is the good format to handle? ICNP provides vocabulary lists and relationships by default. Would it be better to add mapping(to SNOMED) information in the CDM Concept, Concept_Relationship table format?
The best option is the original file (csv or something) providing no encoding issues.
If you have some additional mappings, use the format you’ve already used. Once we have a look, let’s agree on format.