The NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory launched a new learning module video, Lessons Learned From Implementing a Pragmatic Trial Using EHR and Other Real-World Data. The video explores opportunities for turning routine clinical care recorded in the electronic health record (EHR) into real-world data for pragmatic trials.
The video uses the experience of ICD-Pieces, an NIH Collaboratory Trial, to illustrate concepts such as using the EHR for patient selection, intervention delivery, and outcome ascertainment. It describes the flexibility and adaptations necessary from the research team when using EHR data for pragmatic clinical trials.