Each year the VA Palo Alto Big Data-Scientist Training Enhancement Program (BD-STEP) program hosts a "VA Data Bootcamp" conference to orient trainees to the VA's electronic health record databases and network of clinicians, researchers, and operational clinical managers. Below is the schedule for the upcoming fall 2020 bootcamp. All sessions will be held virtually.
Recordings and slides from the 2020 bootcamp are available on the VA intranet at https://vaww.herc.research.va.gov/include/page.asp?id=va-data-bootcamp-2020.
8:30am - 9:00am |
Welcoming Remarks and Good Clinical Practices |
9:00am - 9:30am |
Clinical Data Origins: How clinicians use CPRS and the effects on VA data quality |
9:30am - 10:00am |
Access to VA Data: DART, Operations & VA Publications Protocols |
10:00am - 10:30am |
Overview and Practical Applications of Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW) Utilization Data |
10:30am - 11:00am |
Overview and Practical Applications of Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) Data |
11:00am - 11:30am |
VA Cancer Data |
11:30am - 12:00pm |
Overview of Medicaid, Medicare, and Mortality Data |
8:30am - 9:00am |
Overview of VA Cost Data & Risk Adjustment |
9:00am - 10:00am |
Overview and Practical Applications of VA Purchased Care Data |
10:00am - 10:30am |
Practical Applications of Cancer Data |
10:30am - 11:00am |
Overview and Practical Applications of VA Laboratory Data |
11:00apm - 11:30am |
Overview of VA Pharmacy Data |
11:30am - 12:00pm |
Practical Applications of VA Pharmacy Data |
8:30am - 9:00am |
Overview of DaVINCI/DoD Data |
9:00am - 9:30am |
Overview of COVID-19 Data |
9:30am - 10:00am |
Overview of Telehealth Data |
10:00am - 10:30am |
Overview of Women's Health Data |
10:30am - 11:30am |
Intro to VINCI Tutorial |
11:30am - 12:0pm |
Other Data Documentation and Resources: Funding Opportunities, References, Courses, Forums, Closing Remarks/Session Survey |