Grand Rounds – Natalie Ernecoff, PhD “Systematically Identifying Patients with Serious Illness: Harnessing EHR Data for Palliative Care Research and Practice”

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Wednesdays at 8am, Patient Family Resource Center Conference Room (Ground Floor, North Carolina Cancer Hospital)

Hosted by the UNC Comprehensive Cancer Support Program (CCSP) and the UNC Palliative Care Program.

Presenter:     Natalie C. Ernecoff, PhD, MPH

Title:               “Systematically Identifying Patients with Serious Illness: Harnessing EHR Data for Palliative Care Research and Practice”

Bio:                 Natalie C. Ernecoff, PhD, MPH, is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Until May 2019, Natalie was a Royster Fellow in Health Policy & Management at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina. She will present research on how systematic identification of patients with serious illness can allow palliative care researchers and clinicians to test and implement new models of palliative care delivery. Natalie will present on the development of EHR phenotypes–structured algorithms that use EHR data–for patients with late-stage cancer, dementia, and chronic kidney disease. Her methods incorporate structured data and natural language processing to identify cohorts of patients with serious illness. She will present examples of her own projects that applied these methods in palliative care research

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The School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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This activity has been planned and implemented under the sole supervision of the course director and planning committee, in association with the UNC Office of Continuing Professional Development (UNC CPD).  The course director, planning committee, presenters, and CPD staff have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests as defined by the ACCME.