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Making the Most of EHRs to Support Cancer-Related Outreach and Research
Electronic health records (EHRs) are critical for health care facilities, as they serve as a digital version of a patient chart. EHRs store important data, including demographic information, medical histories, diagnoses, immunization records, and radiology and laboratory test results.
During "Making the Most of Electronic Health Record Systems to Support Cancer-Related Outreach and Research," Dinesh Pal Mudaranthakam, PhD, will moderate a discussion with panelists Cathy Bradley, PhD, Terry Hyslop, PhD, and Jeremy Warner, MD, MS, FAMIA, FASCO. The panelists will identify barriers to tapping into the full potential of EHR data and share best practices for utilizing EHRs, standardizing data to maximize interoperability, and applying EHR data to catchment area research. The session will be held at 10:15 am Pacific time on Friday, January 31, as part of the 2025 Catchment Area Data Excellence (CADEx) Conference in Coronado, CA.
As a health policy researcher, Dr. Mudaranthakam focuses on designing interventions to enhance outcomes for patients with cancer and Alzheimer's disease. With extensive experience developing and deploying machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, his expertise spans predictive analytics, natural language processing, and computer vision. Dr. Mudaranthakam also specializes in designing and implementing research databases and data warehouses. As an informatics expert, he has created innovative tools to streamline clinical trial processes and improve their overall efficiency.
Dr. Bradley is the dean of the Colorado School of Public Health and the deputy director of the University of Colorado Cancer Center. She is a health economist and holds the Paul A. Bunn, Jr. Endowed Chair in Cancer Research. Her research focuses on decisions made at the intersection of work, health insurance, and cancer, including the financial consequences of cancer among families and caregivers. Dr. Bradley is an expert in Medicaid and in using administrative datasets to explore research questions related to health disparities.
Dr. Hyslop is a professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Cancer Biology; director of the Center for Health Equity; and co-leader of the Cancer Risk and Control Program at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Jefferson. She has served as principal investiagtor (PI) co-PI, or co-I on dozens of grants supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the state of Pennsylvania, and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Dr. Hyslop also serves as a reviewer for NCI Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) grants and Cancer Center Support Grants, and for numerous other funding mechanisms.
Dr. Warner is a professor of medicine and professor of biostatistics at Brown University; associate director of data science for the Legorreta Cancer Center; and director of the Brown Center for Clinical Cancer Informatics and Data Science (CCIDS). His clinical specialty is malignant hematology and he practices at Rhode Island Hospital. His primary research goal is to make sense of the structured and unstructured data present in electronic health records and clinical knowledge bases to directly improve outcomes for people living with cancer. Dr. Warner is also editor-in-chief of JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics.
The last day to register at the regular rate for the 2025 CADEx Conference is Wednesday, January 8. Register today to save over $100 per attendee!