Clinical Research Oriented Workshop (CROW) Meeting: Sept 9, 2016

Present:   Marianne Burke, Nancy Gell, Kairn Kelley, Ben Littenberg, Gail Rose, Liliane Savard, Adam Sprouse-Blum, Connie van Eeghen

Start Up:

1.                   Gail Rose - her “pitch” to the UVM Computer Science class who might build an app for use for an STTR application

a.       PEARRS: Patient Engagement Alcohol Risk Reduction System: proposal to CS 275, presentation in 2 weeks

b.       The group looked at a graphical presentation of an individual male/female report on drinking

                                                   i.      How effective is a bar graph presentation?  Various opinions were forthcoming…

c.       Goal: develop an app that supports helping providers help their patients understand alcohol use and mine data to identify patients in a clinic that might be at risk for heavy drinking

                                                   i.      (Missing paren at end of slide on Background

                                                 ii.      Deliverables:

1.       Questionnaires (preceded by education)

2.       Calculations

3.       Graphical feedback based on scores and therapeutic messages

4.       Reports

d.       What might matter to the students of CS 275:

                                                   i.      Will affect people’s behavior; impact

                                                 ii.      Has a future

                                               iii.      Interesting and challenging; looking for their creative input as well as labor

1.       Secure: protected health information

2.       Schematic: the flow of information

                                               iv.      People are going to be fun to work with

e.       New plan

                                                   i.      PES: history and success in changing patient interaction with health care

1.       Next: alcohol

                                                 ii.      Flow

1.       Identify

2.       Assess

3.       Report

                                               iii.      Features

1.       Questionnaires

2.       ….

3.       Protects health information

4.       Engaging and easy to use

f.        Next steps: revise and return!