How Data Ruined My Life (This Week) Iben McCormick-Ricket, MPH REACHnet @REACHnetCDRN @imickrick Research Action for Health Network
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Data Quality Issues Research Action for Health Network @REACHnetCDRN @imickrick
Research Action for Health Network @REACHnetCDRN @imickrick
Data Model Lessons Learned Research Action for Health Network @REACHnetCDRN @imickrick
Research Question Research Action for Health Network @REACHnetCDRN @imickrick
Research Question Lessons Learned • Can the research be conducted with the data? • You don’t know, what you don’t know • It’s okay to say no Research Action for Health Network @REACHnetCDRN @imickrick
Data Wrangling • Big data is messy (so is life) • Mapping • Medications • Labs • Perfection is overrated Research Action for Health Network @REACHnetCDRN @imickrick
Final Lessons • Get cozy with your data • Bring a data scientist to the (research) party • You don’t know, what you don’t know • Data is GREAT Research Action for Health Network @REACHnetCDRN @imickrick
Thanks & Stay Connected Email me imricket@lphi.org Tweet @REACHnetCDRN or @imickrick See what our patient network sees at: facebook.com/healthinourhandsnetwork Research Action for Health Network @REACHnetCDRN @imickrick
Citations • About PCORnet, April 5, 2017 from http://www.pcornet.org/about-pcornet/ • PCORnet CDM Technical Specification, May 05, 2017 from http://www.pcornet.org/pcornet-common- data-model/ • Graphics shamelessly pilfered from google image Research Action for Health Network @REACHnetCDRN @imickrick
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