Partnerships are at the heart of CHIP. Our collaborators are part of public, private, and nonprofit sectors, and all have an interest in developing innovative, practical solutions to difficult health questions affecting our communities. An individual investigator or organization alone is unlikely to have all the tools and insights that are needed, but together we can identify meaningful projects and provide an environment for open collaboration.
We have a long history of developing solutions to difficult data questions. The results of our research offer insights that can help patients and their doctors make more informed decisions.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Because of the extraordinary demands that COVID-19 places on Chicago health systems and faculty, the LOI deadline is extended to May 15, 2020. In addition, applications that address COVID-related priorities of…
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ADAPTABLE (Aspirin Dosing: A Patient-centric Trial Assessing Benefits and Long-Term Effectiveness) is a study comparing the effectiveness of two daily doses of aspirin widely used to prevent heart attacks and strokes…
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The National Institutes of Health has awarded $55 million to build the foundational partnerships and infrastructure needed to launch the Cohort Program of President Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI)—now called…
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The Chicago Area Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Network (CAPriCORN) is the Chicago Area Clinical Data Research Network (CDRN) focused on patient-centered outcomes research. It is designed to model characteristics required for…
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The Chicago Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (CHITREC) originally was created in 2009 after the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passed. As part of the Federal stimulus package,…
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Oral anticoagulation reduces thromboembolic events associated with atrial fibrillation, yet 50% of patient with atrial fibrillation are not prescribed anticoagulants. Recent studies, including our preliminary findings, showed significant racial disparities…
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The Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Network is a National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)-funded consortium tasked with developing methods and best practices for utilization of the electronic medical…
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The HealthLNK Data Repository (HDR) provides healthcare data services to support research initiatives. It is HealthLNK’s flagship initiative that brings de-identified clinical patient data together for research. It is an assembly…
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Various efforts have been undertaken to transform diverse and voluminous electronic health record (EHR) data into concise and meaningful concepts, or phenotypes. To date, these efforts have been ad hoc…
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The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) has contracted with the Chicago Health IT Regional Extension Center (CHITREC), a program of CHIP, and the Illinois Health IT Regional…
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In Silico, Medical Record-based Model for Understanding the INitiation of Autoimmune Events (IMMUNE) aims to test the feasibility and effectiveness of using a hybrid in silico/ in vivo (computer-simulated/ in living organism) model system, combined with…
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INSPIRE is a research study that supports and evaluates the implementation of screening and treatment interventions for patients with unhealthy alcohol use.
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In collaboration with the Pew Charitable Trusts and Regenstrief Institute, CHIP aims to identify demographic variables that are crucial for accurate patient matching and assess their current use and standardization…
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Identification of Rare Autoimmune Events Following Administration of Immunotherapy Drugs (IRAE-ID) is part of The National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORnet)’s Cancer Collaborative Research Group’s initiative to stimulate collaborative projects that…
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As part of the Veteran’s Affairs (VA)s Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI), the project aims to improve veteran health by facilitating the rapid implementation of quality colonoscopy practices into routine…
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The Natural Experiments for Translation in Diabetes (NEXT-D) Study examines how the Affordable Care Act expansion of Medicaid will affect diabetes diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes among the newly enrolled. We…
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A new era of individualized medicine is evolving where novel biomedical discoveries are leading to more effective prevention, treatment, and diagnosis of disease. Although altered phenotypes are one of the…
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The 2017 hypertension treatment guideline changed the definition of uncontrolled blood pressure (BP) to ≥130/80 mm Hg (from ≥140/90) and BP threshold for the initiation of antihypertensive medication for patients…
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded a contract to Altarum Institute to help small practices in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Wisconsin, and Minnesota prepare for and…
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Oral anticoagulation (OAC) therapy reduces the risk of thromboembolic events associated with atrial fibrillation (AF), yet a substantial proportion of patients with AF are not prescribed OAC. The wide geographic…
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The SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) Project, with funding from an NIH R21 grant, focuses on addressing the need to reduce the time it takes to identify patients with SLE. SLE…
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Healthcare is changing. The Great Lakes Practice Transformation Network (GLPTN) can help providers prepare. (GLPTN) is part of a national effort to help health care professionals – from doctors and…
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Healthy Hearts in the Heartland (H3) was a federally funded research program working with small practice clinics in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana to implement and evaluate quality improvement strategies for…
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The Hepatitis C Community Alliance to Test and Treat (HepCATT) in Chicago targets vulnerable populations with the goal of increasing identification, treatment and cure of hepatitis C (HCV) infection. Application…
Read MoreCHIP collaborators are part of the public, private and nonprofit sectors and have an interest in working toward a world where health outcomes are improved because data is used effectively.
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