Define OHDSI symposium workshop learning objectives for Geocoding

[tibbben]

• geocoders learning objectives
  • preprocessing issues (address normalization, one string vs pieces, abbreviations, missing data)
  • takehome: careful planning in the collection of address information will make your life much easier
  • privacy concerns (range of restrictions that seem to be institution dependent)
  • takehome: what is a hipaa compliant geocoder (some sort of chart)
  • takehome: find my iorganizations policy on this
  • choose and configure geocoder -> nominatim (note long install time and not out of the box on docker/kubernetes)
  • options:
    • https://medium.com/@geocodio/compare-hipaa-compliant-geocoding-providers-dd0faa161b6f
    • https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/comparing-hipaa-compliant-geocoding-services-michele-hansen/
  • takehome: nominatim for international, be careful with address normalization and multiple results
  • takehome: degauss for North America, if you are more adventurous PostGIS + Tiger
  • takehome: if you have money, pay for a good service (ESRI enterprise, geocodio, ...)
  • takehome: not as easy as it looks (long installs, medium sized data @ 10s of GBs)
  • [ run batch ] and interpret results (match scores, multiple matches, how to account for errors)

Outcomes:

• evaluate my data quality in terms of geocoding
• evaluate my institutions data poilicy
• choose a geocoder
• know the first steps to start the process ...