cleanEHR (version 1.0)

ccRecord-class: The S4 class which holds all the CCHIC patient record - served as a database.

Description

ccRecord is a class to hold the raw episode data parsed directly from XML or CSV files.

Fields

nepisodes

is an integer number indicates the total number of episode the record is holding.

dmgtb

a data.table containing all the demographic information of each episode, including site_id, NHS number, PAS number, admission date/time, and discharge date/time. This field is usually left empty.

infotb

a data.table holding the parsing information of each episode such as the parsing time and from which file it parsed from.

episdoes

a list of ccEpisode objects.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
heart_rate <- data.frame(seq(10), rep(70, 10)) # NIHR_HIC_ICU_0108
site_id <- "Q70" #  NIHR_HIC_ICU_0002
episode_id <- "0000001" # NIHR_HIC_ICU_0005

# Create a new episode 
ep <- new.episode(list(NIHR_HIC_ICU_0108=heart_rate, 
                         NIHR_HIC_ICU_0002=site_id, 
                         NIHR_HIC_ICU_0005=episode_id)) 

# modifying records 
rec <- ccRecord() # a new record 
rec <- rec + ep # adding a new episode to the record
rec <- rec + NULL # adding nothing to the record
rec <- rec + rec # adding a record to a record
# Adding a list of episodes 
rec <- ccRecord()
ep1 <- new.episode()
ep2 <- new.episode()
eps.list <- list(ep1, ep2)
new.rec <- rec + eps.list
# }