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group onset date

grp_onset_dt
operations
Updated 5/16/2026

Definition

The symptom start date for a provider organization. Used to track temporal information related to group onset date. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for group management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

grp_onset_dt

Category

operations

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  grp_onset_dt DATE,  -- group onset date (date only, no time)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  grp_onset_dt as group_onset_date
FROM claims;

Common uses in healthcare data

  • Healthcare data warehouse schema design and modeling
  • Interoperability and cross-system data exchange
  • ETL pipeline development and orchestration
  • Master data management (MDM) programs
  • Analytics and business intelligence reporting

Example database column name

ISO-11179 snake_case standard

-- Recommended column name
grp_onset_dt

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  grp_onset_dt DATE,  -- group onset date (date only, no time)
  created_dt  TIMESTAMP     NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
);

Column names follow the ISO-11179 naming convention: lowercase, underscore-separated, using the standard abbreviation as a prefix where applicable.

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