Data Delivery Tool - OMOP 5.4 Release

Data Delivery Tool now delivers data in OMOP CDM v5.4 model.  STARR OMOP 5.4 is Stanford’s implementation of the OMOP CDM v5.4 within the STARR platform. It incorporates the latest vocabularies and expands support for new data types such as specimens and episode-level data, enabling advanced research use cases like pathology and cancer studies.

DICOM download improvements

Enhanced Study Participant Tracking: You can now upload Study Participant IDs alongside accession numbers using the "Upload Accession Numbers w/Participant Id" option. The system will automatically map the Participant ID to the DICOM "Patient ID" field in final images.

Support for Direct Identifier Entry: Users can now enter accession numbers or MRNs manually using the "Enter Values" button. This removes the need to create and upload external files for these identifiers.

DICOM downloads with Original dates

We have introduced a new option in handling Protected Health Information (PHI) during DICOM downloads:

• PHI Scrubbed: Comprehensive, best-effort removal of all PHI from the file.
• (New) PHI Scrubbed Except Dates: Comprehensive removal of PHI, but leaves original date elements intact. This ensures the dates like study dates, acquisition dates, and series dates remain exactly as they were in the original DICOM file.

Further improvements to DICOM image delivery

The STARR imaging team released a new version of the DICOM delivery system with improvements in decompressing images and better reporting on images that could not be delivered.

Improvements to DICOM image delivery

Many thanks to the STARR imaging team for the following improvements:

• Study description, series description, and protocol are now preserved
• Image files do not use DICOM compression, for compatibility with DICOM upload services used by clinical trial sponsors
• Better reporting on which images could not be supplied and why

Cohort Discovery: search for text in lab results

When lab results include text instead of or in addition to quantitative results, these results are stored in Epic as "comments."  You can now search the comment text for specific text.

For example, you can search for results of the "Fusion-STAMP NGS Panel" lab order that mention the ERBB2 gene by adding a text search clause for "ERBB2".

Cohort Discovery: bulk entry of diagnosis or procedure codes

If you have a long list of ICD or CPT codes that you want to include in a Diagnosis or Procedure constraint, you no longer have to repeatedly click the + icon and type the next code over and over.  Assemble your list with one item per line (or separated by commas) in your favorite editor, copy it (command-C/control-C for Mac/Windows), and click on the "Add Multiple … Codes" button.

Each of your codes will be added as an additional option, so the list "A, B, C" will turn into "A or B or C".  If a code is invalid or can't be found, it will be highlighted.