Secondary Use of EMR Data: A Video Series

 

This video series is designed for healthcare professionals, researchers, and students, who are interested in learning about the secondary use of EMR data. The sessions provide valuable insights into best practices and real-world applications of EMR data.

In 2022-2023, the Centre for Health Analytics ran a series of workshops on the Secondary Use of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Data. These workshops explored key considerations, opportunities, and challenges in leveraging EMR data for research, internal audits, quality improvement initiatives, and other secondary purposes.

This video series is an adaptation of those workshops. The content of these videos is current as of February 2025.

Content Overview

Although the original workshops were designed for the RCH instance of Epic EMR, many of the concepts explored are applicable across any hospital EMR.

There are six (6) key themes explored throughout the video series:

  • Secondary Use of EMR Data
  • Data Capture in EMR
  • EMR Data Flows and Reporting Tools

Coming soon…

  • Accessing EMR Data
  • The Data Problem Solving Cycle (PPDAC) Cycle
  • Successful EMR Data Projects

For the best user experience, we recommend watching this video series in order, however each video can also be viewed individually to support learning.

1: Secondary Use of EMR Data

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A three (3) part series:

  • Secondary Use of Data: Overview

  • Ethics and Governance

  • Data Resources on the Melbourne Children’s Campus

2: Data Capture in EMR

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A two (2) part series:

  • Data Capture

  • Data Quality

3: EMR Data Flows and Reporting Tools

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A four (4) part series:

  • System Context

  • EMR Databases: Chronicles, Clarity and Caboodle

  • Reporting Tools

  • Data Flows

Acknowledgements

Thank you to the main producers, designers and authors of these workshops and video series:

James Scandol, Ahuva Segal and Peter Summers

Thank you to those who also contributed to the presentation, facilitating, coordination, recording or editing of these workshops and video series including:

Sailavan Ramesh, Nghiem Tran, Alice Voskoboynik, Sophie Gatenby, Jennifer Luplow, Susan Baohm, Saravanan Satkumaran, Li-Yin Goh, Pradeep Pamalapadi and Janice Campbell