Seminars

This series is a presentation of the work or research conducted by current faculty of the Center for Biomedical Informatics. Listed below are past and future seminars and links to abstracts and/or presentations.

Speaker Topic Date of Session Goals and Objectives
David Friedman, MD
Associate Director of Transfusion Service		 Database for Therapeutic Apheresis Service November 30, 2006
  1. Learn from experience of customized database
  2. Understand limitations of isolated clinical database
Peter White, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Division of Oncology
Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics		 Mining the Bibliome January 31, 2007
  1. Provide a base explanation of how text mining analytics are employed
  2. Give three examples of how text mining approaches can facilitate common research tasks
  3. Understand how text mining can be useful for extracting clinical knowledge
Joseph Zorc, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine		 Asthma Outcomes and the Electronic Health Record March 14, 2007
  1. Review data on implementation of asthma care plans in the electronic health record (EHR) at Children's Hospital
  2. Discuss ongoing asthma projects using the EHR
  3. Discuss implications for other research using EHR
Bimal Desai, MD
Clinical Associate in Pediatrics		 Design of the Computerized Provider Order Entry User Interface to Reduce Medication Errors April 11, 2007
  1. Understand the epidemiology of pediatric medication errors
  2. Understand the function of a clinical decision support committee
  3. Understand how focused quality improvement projects can reduce medication errors
Marcella Devoto, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Human Genetics		 Genetic Analysis of Bone Mineral Density April 25, 2007
  1. Understand the molecular principles of lineage
  2. Investigate osteoporosis and bone density mechanisms
Charles Bailey, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Human Genetics		 Deciphering Breast Cancer Biology Using Expression Profiles May 23, 2007
  1. Understand statistics of list-based analyses
  2. Discuss analytical techniques for studying complex pediatric diseases
Robert Grundmeier, M.D. Research Subject Enrollment by Primary Care Pediatricians Using an Electronic Health Record November 8, 2007
  1. Understand challenges relate to research subject enrollment
  2. Understand potential benefit of HER based on subject enrollments
  3. Understand CHOP's exerience with HER based subject enrollment
Alexander G. Fiks, M.D. Improving Immunization Practice with Electronic Health Records December 19, 2007
  1. To describe barriers and challenges to using electronic health records (EHRs) to imporve vaccine delivery
  2. To describe approaches to implementing and evaluating immunization decision support in a practice-based research network
  3. To emphasize the importance of considering the unintended consequences or interventions