Cohort Search

Demographics

1. Navigate to Patient Cohorts in the in the system navigation.

2. To search for cohorts based on patient demographics, select Demographics (default on page load) from the left-hand search type selection.

   

3. Select to search on Gender, Date of Birth, or Age. Enter search criteria and press the Search button to display a summary of the cohort found.

   

4. View the Cohort Results in the display window.

   

5. Select the check-box next to the Cohort Search Results.

   

6. Navigate to the Cohort tab (next to the Search tab). You can now view the patients in this cohort (see figure below).

   

7. You can now print or export this list. Refer to further sections for printing instructions and exporting data.

Administrative Data

1. Select Administration from the left-hand search selection menu to search for cohorts based on the effective time or author of specific compositions.

   

2. The cohort is formed as patients who have any compositions of the specified type with the author or effective time as constrained by the search criteria. If no context is chosen then the cohort is formed based on any composition e.g. find all patients with any compositions committed by a specific author (user). Select the search criteria to be author and select any option from the context drop-down (see figure below).

   

3. Click the Search button (magnifying glass) to return results.

   

4. Select the check-box next to the Patient List.

   

5. Navigate to the Cohort tab to view a list of patients from your search results.

Observations

1. Set the search term to Observation. Adjust the parameters to refine your cohort searches for specific observations. Ensure you click Search to display the results.

   

2. In this example, the Observation is set to "Fracture," with time set to Current and Scope set to All Data. Review the search results, as shown in the figure below.

   

3. If no results are returned for the observation, modify the search parameters to explore different results.

Combining Cohorts

The cohort search functionality enables you to combine multiple searches. Follow the steps below to learn how to combine cohorts:

1. Conduct the individual cohort searches you wish to combine. For example, searches for Gender equal to Female and Gender equal to Male, as shown in the figure below.

   

2. Select the cohorts to be combined by checking their respective boxes.

   

3. From the Select Search Type menu, choose Combine Selected Cohorts, select an operator, and click Search. You may also select Combine Cohorts. Available operators include:

   • AND: Returns members common to both cohorts.

   • OR: Returns all members from both cohorts.

   • A PERCENTAGE OF: Finds members of cohort A that are also in cohort B and calculates the percentage.

   

4. View the combined results in the display window, select them, and save the cohort search for future use.

   

5. Navigate to the Cohort tab to view the combined cohort list. To print this list, click the printer icon in the top-right corner.

   

Printing Cohort Lists

Follow these steps to print cohort lists:

1. Select the cohort list(s) you want to print from the search results.

   

2. Navigate to the Cohort tab and click the print icon.

   

3. Choose Open File and select the application to open the cohort list.

   

4. Print the cohort list from the selected application.