Rationale and design of the registry for stones of the kidney and Ureter (ReSKU): A prospective observational registry to study the natural history of urolithiasis patients

Helena C. Chang, David T. Tzou, Manint Usawachintachit, Brian D. Duty, Ryan S. Hsi, Jonathan D. Harper, Mathew D. Sorensen, Marshall L. Stoller, Roger L. Sur, Thomas Chi

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    Abstract

    Objectives: Registry-based clinical research in nephrolithiasis is critical to advancing quality in urinary stone disease management and ultimately reducing stone recurrence. A need exists to develop Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)-compliant registries that comprise integrated electronic health record (EHR) data using prospectively defined variables. An EHR-based standardized patient database - the Registry for Stones of the Kidney and Ureter (ReSKU™) - was developed, and herein we describe our implementation outcomes. Materials and Methods: Interviews with academic and community endourologists in the United States, Canada, China, and Japan identified demographic, intraoperative, and perioperative variables to populate our registry. Variables were incorporated into a HIPAA-compliant Research Electronic Data Capture database linked to text prompts and registration data within the Epic EHR platform. Specific data collection instruments supporting New patient, Surgery, Postoperative, and Follow-up clinical encounters were created within Epic to facilitate automated data extraction into ReSKU. Results: The number of variables within each instrument includes the following: New patient - 60, Surgery - 80, Postoperative - 64, and Follow-up - 64. With manual data entry, the mean times to complete each of the clinic-based instruments were (minutes) as follows: New patient - 12.06 ± 2.30, Postoperative - 7.18 ± 1.02, and Follow-up - 8.10 ± 0.58. These times were significantly reduced with the use of ReSKU structured clinic note templates to the following: New patient - 4.09 ± 1.73, Postoperative - 1.41 ± 0.41, and Follow-up - 0.79 ± 0.38. With automated data extraction from Epic, manual entry is obviated. Conclusions: ReSKU is a longitudinal prospective nephrolithiasis registry that integrates EHR data, lowering the barriers to performing high quality clinical research and quality outcome assessments in urinary stone disease.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)1332-1338
    Number of pages7
    JournalJournal of Endourology
    Volume30
    Issue number12
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Dec 2016

    Keywords

    • prospective studies
    • registries
    • urolithiasis

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Urology

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