TY - JOUR
T1 - The establishment and refinement of the national Basketball Association player injury and illness database
AU - Mack, Christina D.
AU - Meisel, Peter
AU - Herzog, Mackenzie M.
AU - Callahan, Lisa
AU - Oakkar, Eva
AU - Walden, Taylor
AU - Sharpe, Joseph
AU - Dreyer, Nancy A.
AU - DiFiori, John
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - The National Basketball Association (NBA; also referred to as ‘‘the league’’) has established a centralized, audited electronic medical record system that has been linked with external sources to provide a platform for robust research and to allow the NBA to conduct player health and safety reviews. The system is customized and maintained by the NBA and individual teams as part of the employment records for each player and is deployed uniformly across all 30 teams in the league, thereby allowing for standardized data on injuries, illnesses, and player participation in NBA games and practices. The electronic medical record data are enriched by linkage with other league external data sources that provide additional information about injuries, players, game and practice participation, and movement. These data linkages allow for the assessment of potential injury trends, development of injury-prevention programs, and rule changes, with the ultimate goal of improving player health and wellness. The purpose of this article is to describe this NBA injury database, including the details of data collection, data linkages with external data sources, and activities related to reporter training and data quality improvement.
AB - The National Basketball Association (NBA; also referred to as ‘‘the league’’) has established a centralized, audited electronic medical record system that has been linked with external sources to provide a platform for robust research and to allow the NBA to conduct player health and safety reviews. The system is customized and maintained by the NBA and individual teams as part of the employment records for each player and is deployed uniformly across all 30 teams in the league, thereby allowing for standardized data on injuries, illnesses, and player participation in NBA games and practices. The electronic medical record data are enriched by linkage with other league external data sources that provide additional information about injuries, players, game and practice participation, and movement. These data linkages allow for the assessment of potential injury trends, development of injury-prevention programs, and rule changes, with the ultimate goal of improving player health and wellness. The purpose of this article is to describe this NBA injury database, including the details of data collection, data linkages with external data sources, and activities related to reporter training and data quality improvement.
KW - Electronic health records
KW - Electronic medical records
KW - Injury prevention
KW - Sports injuries
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U2 - 10.4085/1062-6050-18-19
DO - 10.4085/1062-6050-18-19
M3 - Article
C2 - 31074633
AN - SCOPUS:85068430719
SN - 1062-6050
VL - 54
SP - 466
EP - 471
JO - Journal of athletic training
JF - Journal of athletic training
IS - 5
ER -