Decision support

Compare standards by the job they do

Place up to three profiles side by side. Focus on architectural role, evidence, and the first limitation to test—not on finding a single all-purpose standard.

Working set

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Sentinel CDMData model / schema

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Decision lens

Compare roles before you compare maturity.

The useful question is not “Which standard wins?” It is “Which job must this part of the architecture perform, and what remains uncovered?”

Start with the job
Decide whether you need guidance, a domain payload, exchange, semantics, governance, or a reusable release.
Map lifecycle reach
Use the matrix to see where each profile has a direct role. A filled cell is coverage, not a quality score.
Test the boundary
Read what each option leaves unresolved before judging maturity, confidence, or implementation fit.

Three-part assessment

See the reach, the gaps, and the evidence.

Read left to right. Lifecycle reach comes first; maturity remains an editorial roll-up, not certification.

01 · Lifecycle reach

Where each profile contributes directly

Coverage shows a recorded role at that readiness stage. It does not imply end-to-end implementation.

Readiness-stage coverage for Sentinel Common Data Model
Profile	Plan	Acquire	Harmonize	Exchange	Learn + reuse
Sentinel CDMData model / schema	Sentinel Common Data Model has no direct role recorded in Plan.	Sentinel Common Data Model has no direct role recorded in Acquire.	Sentinel Common Data Model has a direct role in Harmonize.	Sentinel Common Data Model has no direct role recorded in Exchange.	Sentinel Common Data Model has a direct role in Learn + reuse.

Direct role recordedNo direct role recorded

02 · Boundaries

What each option does not cover

These are design boundaries, not faults. Use them to identify the companion layers your architecture still needs.

Sentinel CDM

Stage boundary: No direct role is recorded for Plan, Acquire, Exchange.
Known limitation: The public repository’s latest tag is v8.2.2 while the landing page still names v8.1.0 and v8.2.0 concurrently; the current partner deployment mix is not publicly verified.

03 · Detailed assessment

Check the fit and evidence behind the map

Use the source, status, and limitation together. A higher maturity label does not erase a scope mismatch.

Detailed comparison of Sentinel Common Data Model
Assessment	Sentinel CDMSentinel Common Data Model
Purpose & coverage	Nineteen linked tables supporting standardized queries over enrollment, encounters, diagnoses, procedures, dispensing, prescribing, laboratory, death, patient-reported, and feature-engineering data. Best fitFDA-style distributed active surveillance of drugs, biologics, devices, and vaccines using partner-held healthcare data.
Readiness stages	HarmonizeLearn + reuse
AI-ready contribution	The distributed model supports reproducible safety features, but portability, labeling, site shift, privacy, and algorithm execution must follow Sentinel governance.
First limitation to test	The public repository’s latest tag is v8.2.2 while the landing page still names v8.1.0 and v8.2.0 concurrently; the current partner deployment mix is not publicly verified.
Evidence	E1 + E2 Medium confidence Formal statusPublic repository latest tag v8.2.2; operational deployment mix not verified ReviewSource-checked · watch
Maturity	Established Operational medical-product surveillance model; public version sources are not fully synchronized
Sources & links	Sentinel CDM v8.2.2 public repository tag (opens in a new tab)Read full profile