Clinical Research: Using Business Intelligence Framework

The 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009 ARRA) promotes the use of Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) and Electronic Health Records (EHR). As EHR applications proliferate in academic partnered or affiliated healthcare systems, clinical researchers should engage in EHR initiatives and apply a Business Intelligence (BI) framework to optimize clinical research processes to transform EHR data into knowledge. With the use of Clinical Research Analytics (CRA), tools and techniques such as clinical research decision support systems (CRDSS), data mining, and ad hoc reporting can be used for research processes such as data collection and analysis . With the establishment of Clinical Research Informatics (CRI) and Clinical Research Intelligence (CLRI), clinical researchers can leverage data intelligence strategies and optimize the clinical research process.