HRIP case studies
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The Healthcare Research and Information Professional (HRIP) credential is aimed at people who sit between clinical operations, research, and data: research coordinators moving into informatics, clinical data managers, analysts supporting studies, and information professionals in health systems, registries, and research organizations. It signals that you can govern healthcare data responsibly, work within clinical data standards, move data between systems, and design and interpret studies well enough to defend the results. The HRIP case studies are 5 cases and about 3,516 words.
1Secondary-Use Request After the Data Steward Departs
A regional research consortium of six hospitals and two community clinics maintains a 4.2-million-patient EHR-derived research data warehouse. The data use agreement names the academic medical center as the data controller, but a new industry partner requests patient-level records for a sepsis biomarker study, including admission dates and ZIP codes.
799 words, about 4 min2LOINC Mapping and Unit Harmony Before a Multi-Site Lab Feed
Three hospitals are feeding a research registry with 240,000 chemistry results collected over 18 months. Local test codes include K, K+, and POTASS.
684 words, about 3 min3Sepsis Alert Rollout and a Four-Point Mortality Difference
A nine-hospital system implemented a sepsis alert at three hospitals beginning in January 2020. The same quarter, all nine hospitals upgraded the enterprise EHR.
698 words, about 3 min4De-Identified Data Request With Dates and Rare Diagnoses
A university registry holds 3,100 patients with a rare inherited arrhythmia. An industry sponsor requests 'de-identified' patient-level data: age, sex, three-digit ZIP code, dates of diagnosis and device implantation, device serial numbers, free-text clinical notes, and the specific pathogenic genetic variant.
661 words, about 3 min5Readmission Dashboard Rankings for the Board
A seven-hospital system is preparing a FY2024 quality dashboard for its board. The measure is 30-day all-cause readmission after medical discharge.
674 words, about 3 min