YSPH Biostatistics Seminar: “Trials, Tribulations and Successes of Using Electronic Health Record Data for Research”

NOTE: BIS 525 students are required to attend in person. Others are invited to attend in person, but may also attend via Zoom.

SPEAKER: Robert W. Grundmeier, M.D., Section Chief of Informatics, Division of General Pediatrics, Director of Clinical Informatics, Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

TITLE: “Trials, Tribulations and Successes of Using Electronic Health Record Data for Research"

ABSTRACT: Electronic health record (EHR) data contain troves of potentially useful observations collected in naturalistic healthcare settings. Unfortunately, the structures of these data are complex and always contain artifacts that may distort associations when used in observational research. There are numerous opportunities for the development of new methods to address these weaknesses. This presentation will explore examples of basic skills that are needed to begin working with electronic health record data in the context of research, some advanced methods for data cleaning, and success stories involving studies that would have been difficult to complete without EHR data.