Description of Collaborative Activity: |
The Common Data Elements (CDE) Task Force is charged by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Scientific Data Council to advise it concerning how to improve the communication and coordination of NIH efforts to identify, develop, and promote the use of CDEs in NIH-supported research. Previously, as a working group under the aegis of the Trans-NIH BioMedical Informatics Coordinating Committee (BMIC), the group provided advice to the development of a CDE Repository that serves as a platform for searching, harmonizing, developing, and disseminating CDEs used by NIH Institutes and Centers; Task Force members continue to work with the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to improve this publicly available platform. The Task Force also maintains a web portal with information about NIH-supported CDE initiatives that are intended for use by NIH-funded researchers. The Task Force continues to take steps to encourage the use of CDEs by NIH-funded researchers, minimize overlap and redundancy in CDE initiatives, improve interoperability and compatibility between and among CDE initiatives and with other standards development activities (e.g., related to electronic health records), and assist NIH Institute and Center staff and researchers in identifying and using CDEs that are relevant to their projects. |
NIH Participating Institutes/Centers/Office of the Director: |
CC, CIT, NCATS, NCCIH, NCI, NEI, NHGRI, NHLBI, NIA, NIAAA, NIAID, NIAMS, NIBIB, NICHD, NIDA, NIDCD, NIDCR, NIDDK, NIEHS, NIGMS, NIMH, NIMHD, NINDS, NINR, NLM, OD/DPCPSI, OD/DPCPSI/OBSSR, OD/DPCPSI/ORWH, OD/DPCPSI/SGMRO, OD/OER, OD/OSP |
