Workshop Series: Advances at the Intersection of Digital Health, Electronic Health Records and Pragmatic Clinical Trials

In 2020, NIH Collaboratory Grand Rounds held a special workshop series to explore challenges and opportunities in using electronic health records (EHRs) in pragmatic clinical trials. The series highlighted advances in digital health, new approaches and evolving standards for EHRs, and implications for researchers conducting pragmatic trials.

The Grand Rounds series included moderated panel discussions that focused on the use of digital technologies in pragmatic clinical trials, case examples from the NIH Collaboratory Trials, and recent initiatives from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to reshape standards and drive the evolution of EHRs in healthcare and research. The series culminated with a podcast discussion from a panel of experts.

Access the recordings:

• May 1, 2020: Keynote: Can the COVID-19 Crisis Lead to Reformation of the Evidence Generation Ecosystem?
  Speaker: Robert Califf, MD, MACC
• May 8, 2020: Real World Evidence: Contemporary Experience and Future Directions
  Speakers: Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay, JD, MD; Joshua C. Denny, MD, MS, FACMI
  Moderator: Patrick J. Heagerty, PhD
• May 29, 2020: Experiences From the Collaboratory PCTs
  Speakers: Jeffrey [Jerry] G. Jarvik, MD, MPH; Lynn DeBar, PhD; Doug Zatzick, MD; Vince Mor, PhD
  Moderator: Wendy Weber, ND, PhD, MPH
• June 26, 2020: Keys to Success in the Evolving EHRs Environment
  Speakers: Teresa Zayas-Cabán, PhD; George [Holt] Oliver, MD, PhD; Christopher A. Longhurst, MD, MS; Rachel Richesson, PhD, MPH
  Moderator: Keith Marsolo, PhD
• July 8, 2020: Podcast: Summary Expert Panel Discussion
  Speakers: Patrick J. Heagerty, PhD; Keith Marsolo, PhD; Wendy Weber, ND, PhD, MPH
  Moderator: Lesley H. Curtis, PhD