Informatics Grand Rounds - Tuesday, March 15th 4PM-5PM

INFORMATICS GRAND ROUNDS

"RESEARCH FROM EXTRACTED EMR DATA IN A MULTI-VENDOR ENVIRONMENT: PROMISE, PITFALLS, & PROGRESS"

Richard C. Wasserman, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Vermont
Director, Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS) Network, American Academy of Pediatrics

Date/Time: 

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

(For remote attendees: 

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Location:

Medical Education Center Room 300 (Reardon Classroom)

Abstract:

Although created for documentation and billing purposes rather than for scientific investigation, EMR data offer a rich resource for researchers.  Numerous methodological and technical challenges face those wishing to generate new knowledge from EMR data, especially when the data arise from diverse implementations of different EMR systems.  The speaker will outline these challenges and address some potential solutions in the context of a new multi-EMR-system primary care research network – the electronic version of Pediatric Research in Office Settings (ePROS).

Speaker Bio: Dr. Richard C. "Mort" Wasserman has been a general pediatrician in the UVM Department of Pediatrics since 1983, conducting primary care research, teaching, and providing primary care.  Dr. Wasserman's research has focused on using practice-based research networks to better understand and improve the delivery of preventive services and the care of common conditions in pediatric populations.  He recently returned from a sabbatical leave at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), where he investigated the use of EMR data in epidemiological and comparative effectiveness research.  While at CHOP, he wrote a grant proposal to create an EMR-based "subnetwork" within Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS), the practice-based research network of the American Academy of Pediatrics.  That three-year grant was funded by the HRSA Maternal and Child Health Bureau in September of 2010.

Informatics Grand Rounds is a joint initiative between the University of Vermont (Center for Clinical and Translational Science Biomedical Informatics Unit, Continuing Education, and Dana Medical Library), Fletcher Allen Health Care, and the State of Vermont.

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