COVID-19 Medical Triage Questionnaire

COVID-19 Medical Triage Questionnaire

Data Gathering Task (BPMN)

Question

Answers

ANF Transformation Pattern

Data Gathering Task (BPMN)

Question

Answers

ANF Transformation Pattern

Case classification

Laboratory confirmed patient positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

Yes/no/unknown

Existential

 

Patient probably positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

“The word ‘Probably’ in the Question leads to uncertainty. Are they asking the clinician to assume/guess whether or not a patient is positive at presentation prior to testing being done? Perhaps this question was drafted when testing was not as widely available?”

Once testing is done, a patient can either be confirmed positive or negative. For answering “Probably” in the question, one must assume that all the confirmed positive tests are false positives.

 Suggestion: “Has the patient been tested for SARS-CoV-2? What type of test was it? What is the test result?”

 PMH: Here in Colorado it looks like “probable positive” actually has a definition:

Probable Positive:

  • Meets clinical criteria* AND epidemiologic evidence† with no confirmatory laboratory testing

OR

  • Meets clinical criteria* AND has tested positive using an antigen or serologic FDA approved test

OR

  • Has an epidemiologic link† AND has tested positive using an antigen or serologic FDA approved test

OR

  • Has a death certificate that lists COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID-19.

 

Yes/no/unknown

Existential

 

How was the case first identified?

clinical evaluation / contact tracing / routine surveillence / other / unknown

Value-to-Attribute Transformation

 

Was the case first identified by Epidemic Infomation Exchange (EpiX) notification of travelers?

Yes/no/unknown

Existential

If yes

What was the DGMQID?

 

Narrative

 

What was the report date of case to Center for Disease Control (CDC)?

Date, unknown, N/A

Date

 

What was the date of the first positive specimen collection?

Date, unknown, N/A

Date

Hospitalization, ICU, and Death Information

Was the patient hospitalized?

Yes/no/unknown

Existential

If yes

What was the date of admission to the hospital?

Date

Date

If yes

What was the date of discharge from the hospital?

Date

Date

If yes

Did the hospitalized patient require a translator?

Yes/no/unknown

Existential

If yes

What language was required for the hospitalized patient?

<<297289008 |World languages (qualifier value)|

Value-to-Attribute Transformation

 

Was the patient admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU)?

Yes/no/unknown

305351004 |Admission to intensive care unit (procedure)|

Existential

If yes

What was the date of admission to the ICU?

Date

Date

If yes

What was the date of discharge to the ICU?

Date

Date

 

Did the patient die as a result of the illness?

Yes/no/unknown

Existential

If yes

What was the date of death?

Date/unknown

Date

Case Demographics

What is the patient's date of birth?

Date

Date

 

What is the patient's age?

calculate?

 

 

What is the patient’s age unit?

yr/mo/day

 

 

What is the patient’s state of residence?

<<224037005 |Region of United States of America (geographic location)|

Value-to-Attribute Transformation

 

What is the patient’s county of residence?

https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2011/compendia/usa-counties-2011/file-layout.html

Value-to-Attribute Transformation

 

Does the patient have any tribal affiliation?

Yes/no/unknown

Existential

If yes

What is the name of the tribe?

https://www.ncsl.org/research/state-tribal-institute/list-of-federal-and-state-recognized-tribes.aspx

Value-to-Attribute Transformation

 

Is the patient an enrolled member of a tribe?

Yes/no/unknown

Existential

 

What is the biological sex of the patient?

Male/Female/other/unknown

Value-to-Attribute Transformation

If female

Is the patient currently pregnant?

Yes/no/unknown

Existential

 

What is the ethnicity of the patient?

Hispanic/latino / Non-hispanic/latino / Unknown

Value-to-Attribute Transformation

 

What is the race of the patient?

American Indian/Alaska Native / Asian / Black / Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander / White / Unknown / Other/specify

Value-to-Attribute Transformation

 

Where was the patient staying at the time of the illness onset?

1, House/single family home 2, Apartment 3, Hotel/motel 4, Long term care facility 5, Nursing home/assisted living facility 6, Acute care inpatient facility 7, Rehabilitation facility 8, Correctional facility 9, Mobile home 10, Group home 11, Homeless shelter 12, Outside, in a car, or other location not meant for human habitation 13, Other, specify 14, Unknown

Value-to-Attribute Transformation

Healthcare Worker Information

Is the patient a healthcare worker in the United States?

Yes/no/unknown

Existential

If yes

What is the patient's occupation?

1, Physician 2, Nurse 3, Respiratory therapist 4, Environmental services 5, Other, specify 9, Unknow

Value-to-Attribute Transformation

If yes

What is the patient’s job setting?

1, Hospital 2, Long-term care facility 3, Rehabilitation facility 4, Nursing home/assisted living facility 5, Other, specify 9, Unknown

Value-to-Attribute Transformation

Exposure Information

In the 14 days prior to illness onset, did the patient have any of the following exposures?

 

 

 

Did the patient travel outside of the state of their normal residence?

Yes/no/specify

<<224037005 |Region of United States of America (geographic location)|

Value-to-Attribute Transformation

 

Did the patient travel internationally?

Yes/no

 

Existential - RR

If yes

Which countries did the patient visit?

<<223369002 |Country (geographic location)|

Value-to-Attribute Transformation

 

Did the patient travel on a cruise ship or vessel as a passenger or crew member?

Yes/no

Existential

If yes

What was the name of the ship that they travel on?

Text

Narrative

 

Was the patient exposed at their workplace?

Yes/no

Existential

If yes

Was the workplace designated as critical infrastructure?

Yes/no

Existential

If yes

What was the name of the workplace setting?

Text

Narrative

 

Where was the patient at the time of exposure?

Airport / airplane / adult congregate living facility / school, university, childcare center / correctional facility / community, mass gathering

Value-to-Attribute Transformation

 

Was the patient exposed to an animal with confirmed COVID-19?

yes/no/unknown

Existential

 

Was the patient exposed to an animal with suspected COVID-19?

yes/no/unknown

Existential

If yes

What type of animal were they exposed to?

text or

387961004 |Kingdom Animalia (organism)|

Value-to-Attribute Transformation

 

Was the patient exposed in another way?

text

Narrative

 

Was the patient in contact with a known COVID-19 case?

yes probable/yes confirmed

Existential

 

Was the patient exposed by household contact(s)?

yes/no/unknown

Existential

 

Was the patient exposed by community-associated contact(s)?

yes/no/unknown

Existential

 

Was the patient exposed by a healthcare-associated contact?

yes/no/unknown

Existential

 

If the patient had contact with another COVID-19 case, was this person a U.S. case?

yes/no/unknown

Existential

If yes

What is the jurisdiction-issued nCoV ID of source case?

text room for 3 IDs

Narrative

 

Is the case part of an outbreak?

yes/no/unknown

Existential

If yes

What is the name of the outbreak?

text

Narrative

Clinical course, symptoms, past medical history, and social history

Was the history collected by a patient interview?

yes/no

Existential

 

Was the history collected by a medical record review?

yes/no

Existential

 

If the patient is symptomatic what was the date of onset?

Date/unknown

Date

 

Did the patient's symptoms resolve?

yes/no

Existential

If yes

What was the date of the symptom resolution?

Date/unknown

Date

If no

What is the status of the patient’s symptoms?

Still symptomatic/ symptoms resolved unknown date/ unknown if symptoms have resolved.

Existential

 

Did the patient develop pneumonia?

“Pneumonia is a clinical diagnosis; how will the patient know he developed Pneumonia? The questionnaire is retrospective and being filled after patient had received treatment?”

PMH: Yes these questions were all past tense and I would assume pneumonia would already be documented in the patient record.  I am not sure if they are asking:

·       Does the patient have a history of pneumonia

·       Does the patient currently have pneumonia

·       Does the patient have symptoms of pneumonia but it is not diagnosed

·       Retrospectively did the patient have pneumonia during their stay

I would think we just need to document our assumed use case, e.g. is this a triage question?  Or a case report to CDC?

yes/no/unknown

233604007 |Pneumonia (disorder)|

Existential

 

Did the patient have acute respiratory distress syndrome?

yes/no/unknown

67782005 |Acute respiratory distress syndrome (disorder)|

Existential

 

Did the patient have an abnormal chest x-ray?

Suggestion:

  • Did the patient have a chest X-ray?

  • What did the chest X-ray show?”

PMH: Agree these are better questions

yes/no/unknown/not done

168734001 |Standard chest X-ray abnormal (finding)|

Existential

 

Did the patient have another diagnosis and/or etiology for their illness?

yes/no/unknown

Existential

 

Did the patient have an abnormal EKG?

Suggestion:

  • Did the patient have an EKG?

  • What does the EKG show?

PMH: Agree these are better questions

 

yes/no/unknown/not done

102594003 |Electrocardiogram abnormal (finding)|

Existential

 

Did the patient receive mechanical ventilation (MV) and/or intubation?

yes/no/unknown

40617009 |Artificial respiration (procedure)|

52765003 |Intubation (procedure)|

Existential

If yes

What was the total number of days with mechanical ventilation?

number (days)

Frequency Transformation - RR

 

Did the patient receive extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)?

yes/no/unknown

233573008 |Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (procedure)|

Existential

If symptomatic

Did the patient experience a measured fever >100.4F (38C)?

Suggestion:

  • What was the temperature of the patient

PMH: Agree this is a better question

 

yes/no/unknown

426000000 |Fever greater than 100.4 Fahrenheit (finding)|

Existential

 

Did the patient report a subjective fever?

yes/no/unknown

103001002 |Feeling feverish (finding)|

Existential

 

Did the patient experience chills?

yes/no/unknown

43724002 |Chill (finding)|

-not a great concept, might need a new one

Existential

 

Did the patient experience rigors?

yes/no/unknown

38880002 |Rigor (finding)|

Existential

 

Did the patient experience muscle aches (myalgia)?

yes/no/unknown

68962001 |Muscle pain (finding)|

Existential

 

Did the patient experience a runny nose (rhinorrhea)?

yes/no/unknown

64531003 |Nasal discharge (finding)|

-no active synonym of “runny nose”, was inactivated as a concept

Existential

 

Did the patient experience a sore throat?

yes/no/unknown

162397003 |Pain in throat (finding)|

Existential

 

Did the patient experience a new loss of sense of smell?

yes/no/unknown

44169009 |Loss of sense of smell (finding)|

-not sure

Existential

 

Did the patient experience a new loss of taste?

yes/no/unknown

36955009 |Loss of taste (finding)|

Existential

 

Did the patient experience a headache?

yes/no/unknown

25064002 |Headache (finding)|

Existential

 

Did the patient experience fatigue?

yes/no/unknown

84229001 |Fatigue (finding)|

Existential

 

Did the patient experience a new onset of a cough?

Suggestion:

  • Is the cough productive of sputum?

  • Is the cough productive of Blood?

PMH: again questions around present/past tense

yes/no/unknown

49727002 |Cough (finding)|

288524001 |Courses (qualifier value)| - maybe

Existential

 

Did the patient experience the worsening of a chronic cough?

yes/no/unknown

68154008 |Chronic cough (finding)|

385634002 |Change patterns (qualifier value)|

Existential

 

Did the patient experience shortness of breath?

yes/no/unknown

267036007 |Dyspnea (finding)|

Existential

 

Did the patient experience difficulty breathing?

yes/no/unknown

230145002 |Difficulty breathing (finding)|

Existential

 

Did the patient experience chest pain?

Suggestion:

  • Can you tell me the location of chest pain? Does the pain radiate?

  • On a scale of 1-10, can you grade the pain?

Aspirational:

  • Description of Chest pain?

  • How often does the patient have chest pain?

  • When did the chest pain started

  • Relieving/Aggravating factor for the chest pain

 PMH: again this seems to depend on the use case, current vs. retrospective

yes/no/unknown

29857009 |Chest pain (finding)|

Existential

 

Did the patient experience nausea or vomiting?

yes/no/unknown

422587007 |Nausea (finding)|

422400008 |Vomiting (disorder)|

Existential

 

Did the patient experience abdominal pain?

yes/no/unknown

21522001 |Abdominal pain (finding)|

Existential

 

Did the patient experience diarrhea (≥3 loose/looser than normal stools/24hr period)?

Suggestion:

  • Any Blood/Mucus in the stool?

PMH: Assuming that the slash means “and/or”, this would need to be two questions one coded to 405729008 |Hematochezia (finding)| and one coded to 271864008 |Mucus in stool (finding)|

yes/no/unknown

62315008 |Diarrhea (finding)|

-no definition

Existential

 

Did the patient experience other symptoms?

yes/no/unknown

Existential

If yes

What other symptoms did the patient experience?

Text

Narrative

Did the patient have any underlying medical conditions and/or risk behaviors?

https://logica.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SOLOR/pages/1012367686

Yes/no/unknown

73211009 |Diabetes mellitus (disorder)|

Existential

 

Does the patient have cancer?

Suggestion:

  • Does the patient have personal hx of cancer? (not just currently)

PMH: Would probably need both questions right?  Current tx

 

Yes/no/unknown

Existential

 

Is the patient currently taking Statin Medication?

Yes/no/unknown

Existential

 

Current pulse oximetry measurement (SPO2)?

 

IF-to-ANF Transformation

 

Does the patient have hypertension?

Yes/no/unknown

38341003 |Hypertensive disorder, systemic arterial (disorder)|

Existential

 

Does the patient have severe obesity (BMI >=40)

Suggestion:

  • What is the patient’s Height/Weight?

PMH: Better “learning” questions here would be to ask:

  1. What is the patient’s date of birth?

  2. What is the biological sex of the patient? (already collected above)

  3. What is the patient's weight?

  4. What is the patient’s height?

Calculate the BMI and record the number and then flag those values over 40. e.g. in the future, you might learn that the risk is also >=30.

BMI = body weight (kg) / height (meteres) squared

Yes/no/unknown

83911000119104 |Severe obesity (disorder)|

-no definition

Existential

 

Does the patient have cardiovascular disease?

Yes/no/unknown

49601007 |Disorder of cardiovascular system (disorder)|

Existential

 

Does the patient have chronic renal disease?

Suggestion:

  • What stage of Chronic Renal Disease?

PMH: The coding for this should be <<709044004 |Chronic kidney disease (disorder)| representing this concept and any of the subtypes where the more specific stages reside.  Since this isn’t a Yes/No/Unk I would think the questionnaire would implement this concept and everything below as choices.

Yes/no/unknown

709044004 |Chronic kidney disease (disorder)|

Existential

 

Does the patient have chronic liver disease?

Suggestion:

  • What type of Chronic Liver Disease?

PMH: The coding for this should be <<328383001 |Chronic liver disease (disorder)| representing this concept and any of the subtypes

Yes/no/unknown

328383001 |Chronic liver disease (disorder)|

Existential

 

Does the patient have chronic lung disease?

Suggestion:

  • What type of Chronic Lung Disease?

PMH: The coding for this should be <<413839001 |Chronic lung disease (disorder)| representing this concept and any of the subtypes

Yes/no/unknown

413839001 |Chronic lung disease (disorder)|

Existential

 

Does the patient have an immunosuppressive condition?

Suggestion:

  • What type of immunosuppressive condition?

PMH: I pointed this to the “finding” of  38013005 |Immunosuppression (finding)| just a general condition or maybe 68605000 |Immunosuppression-related infectious disease (disorder)| would be better? 

Yes/no/unknown

38013005 |Immunosuppression (finding)|

Existential

 

Does the patient have an autoimmune condition?

Suggestion:

  • What type of autoimmune condition?

PMH: The coding for this should be <<85828009 |Autoimmune disease (disorder)| representing this concept and any of the subtypes

Yes/no/unknown

85828009 |Autoimmune disease (disorder)|

Existential

 

Is the patient a current smoker?

Yes/no/unknown

77176002 |Smoker (finding)|

Trying to use the US Core Smoking Status value set https://www.hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ValueSet-us-core-observation-smokingstatus.html

have logged a Jira ticket with HL7 regarding “428041000124106|Current some day smoker”

(https://jira.hl7.org/browse/FHIR-28118)

Existential

 

Is the patient a former smoker?

Yes/no/unknown

8517006 |Ex-smoker (finding)|

Existential

 

Does the patient have a substance abuse condition?

Suggestion:

  • What does the patient use?

PMH: I think we still need the original questions (abuse & misuse) but the specific substance would be very useful.  Since this could, in theory, be any substance we would have to use <<105590001 |Substance (substance)|

Yes/no/unknown

66214007 |Substance abuse (disorder)|

Existential

 

Does the patient have a substance misuse condition?

Yes/no/unknown

361055000 |Misuses drugs (finding)|

Existential

 

Does the patient have a disability?

Yes/no/unknown

defined: neurologic, neurodevelopmental, intellectual, physical, vision or hearing impairment

Existential

If yes

What disability does the patient have?

Text

Narrative

 

Does the patient have a psychological and/or psychiatric condition?

Yes/no/unknown

74732009 |Mental disorder (disorder)|

Existential

If yes

What psychological and/or psychiatric condition does the patient have?

Text

Narrative

 

Does the patient have another chronic disease?

Suggestion:

  • What type of other chronic condition does the patient have?

PMH: In this case there is a following question that would come up with an “enableWhen”.

Yes/no/unknown

Existential

If yes

What other chronic disease does the patient have?

The coding for this should be <<27624003 |Chronic disease (disorder)| representing this concept and any of the subtypes, and the actual disorder documented would be more specific.

List from SNOMED of anything under chronic disease?

 

Value-to-Attribute Transformation

 

Does the patient have another underlying condition?

Yes/no/unknown

Existential

If yes

What other underlying condition does the patient have?

Text

Narrative

 

Does the patient have another risk behavior?

Yes/no/unknown

Existential

If yes

What other risk behavior does the patient have?

Text

Narrative

SARS-CoV-2 Testing

Was a test ordered?

 

 

If yes

What was the date ordered?

Date

Date

If yes

What was the date of the result?

Date

Date

If yes

There were 2 DX accelerator Research questions about this.

  1. What is the accuracy (sensitivity & specificity) of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen, antibody, and SARS-CoV-2-rt PCR tests?

  2. How does the accuracy of each specific test compare to others in its category and between categories.

*harmonize with LOINC per CDC

What type of test?

 

  1. SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen

  2. SARS-CoV-2 rapid antibody

  3. SARS-CoV-2 rt-PCR

  4. SARS-CoV-2 RNA

*There are 81 COVID tests listed by LOINC

https://loinc.org/sars-cov-2-and-covid-19/

Value-to-Attribute Transformation

If yes

What was the test device identifier?

 

Narrative

 

What was the result of the molecular amplification test (RT PCT)?

1)Positive

2)Negative

3)Indeterminate/inconclusive

4)Pending

5)Not done

Value-to-Attribute Transformation

 

What was the result of the serologic test?

1)Positive

2)Negative

3)Indeterminate/inconclusive

4)Pending

5)Not done

Value-to-Attribute Transformation

 

Was the patient administered another type of test?

Yes/no/unknown

Existential

If yes

What was the name of the test?

Text

Narrative

 

What was the result of the other test?

1)Positive

2)Negative

3)Indeterminate/inconclusive

4)Pending

5)Not done

Value-to-Attribute Transformation

Specimens for CoV-19 Testing

What is the first local specimen ID?

Text

Narrative

 

What is the second local specimen ID?

Text

Narrative

 

What is the third local specimen ID?

Text

Narrative

 

What is the fourth local specimen ID?

Text

Narrative

 

Are there any other comments or notes about the patient?

Text

Narrative