Robotics was a big hit as usual, but at Case, they are now experimenting with Biologically Inspired Robotics. See the video:

Biologically Inspired Unmanned Ground Vehicles from CWRU Biorobotics Lab on Vimeo.

Other interesting exhibits included:

• Research Computing which is developing a high performance cluster for everything from medical imaging to metallurgy and astronomy.
• A Digital Health Management Consultant: Markov Models Made Accessible - making these complex statistical models simple, with a nice demo using health financial data.
• The Center for Statistical Research, Computing, and Collaboration with an emphasis on innovative interdisciplinary research.

Looking forward to working on next year’s showcase.

1. define the cohort of patients you want to study/monitor
2. define the data elements you want included
3. review and verify data elements with subject matter experts
4. set up a regular interval to extract the data
5. generate some test queries to verify the process
6. monitor to use of the data (ongoing governance)

Our initial experience with a Chronic Kidney Disease registry has been a success. We recommend that research issues be considered in any purchase and implementation of an EMR.