Gateways

Welcome to Yale Ophthalmology’s internal section of our website - available to faculty, staff, residents, fellows, and students.

• Academic ophthalmology departments on EPIC HER consist of:
  • Patient Demographics
  • Medications
  • Data from Operative Reports
  • Laboratory Test Results
  • Pathology Results
  • Patient Reported Outcome Data
  • Billing & Administrative Data
  • Structured Data from Clinic Visits (VA, IOP)

• Local Server
  • Local Server Pulls data from Epic
  • All of the data in SOURCE will be completely de-identified through the PHI Removal Software, handled as follows:
    • First name, last name -> Fully omitted
    • Date of birth -> Date shifted
    • Dates of service -> Date shifted
    • Medical record numbers -> Fully omitted
    • Zip codes -> Only first 3 digits of 5 or 9-digit zip codes retained
  • Data is sent to a secure HIPAA compliant server at SOURCE Data Center
  • Data cleaning/aggregation activities occur
  • Finally, creation of derived variables

• Clinical Studies, Outcomes Research
• Deep Learning Algorithms / Artificial Intelligence
• Genotype – Phenotype Association Studies
• Quality Improvement Initiatives
• Patient Recruitment for Clinical Trials