Seeking Ideas on Using Common Data Elements for NIH-Supported Clinical Research
Do you have thoughts on how common data elements (CDEs) may be used in NIH-supported clinical research? If so, please share them in response to this recently released Request for Information. CDEs allow for easier exchange of data across different research areas because they are standardized, consistent, interoperable, and defined. They represent one way that NIH implements FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data principles. In addition, as we mentioned in this post from 2021, CDEs help us implement one aim of the NIH Data Science Strategic plan, which is having data resources that maximize th...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - February 28, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike common data elements data management Data sharing Request For Information (RFI) Source Type: funding

Request for Information (RFI): Current Capabilities in Automated Data Entry and Extraction from Electronic Health Records
Notice NOT-CA-24-021 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 18, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments and Suggestions on Opportunities and Challenges for the Collection, Use, and Sharing of Real-World Data (RWD) including Electronic Health Records, for NIH Supported Biomedical and Behavioral Research
Notice NOT-OD-23-180 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - September 14, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Availability of Administrative Supplements to Advance the Use of Electronic Health Records for Research
Notice NOT-GM-23-035 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 7, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Understanding the Supply of Professional Dementia Care Providers and Their Decisions (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-AG-24-024 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This RFA supports a national survey of professional dementia care providers and link consented survey respondents (providers and institutional representative) that consent to administrative data (e.g., electronic health records, claims, payroll, other institutional and state level data). This new resource anticipates the integration from administrative sources with the provider survey to expand research on the dementia care workforce, supply of skilled labor, and provide deeper insight into how professional care providers and institutions pro...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 23, 2022 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Understanding the Supply of Professional Dementia Care Providers and Their Decisions (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-AG-23-018 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This RFA supports a national survey of professional dementia care providers and link consented survey respondents (providers and institutional representative) that consent to administrative data (e.g., electronic health records, claims, payroll, other institutional and state level data). This new resource anticipates the integration from administrative sources with the provider survey to expand research on the dementia care workforce, supply of skilled labor, and provide deeper insight into how professional care providers and institutions pro...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - September 1, 2022 Category: Research Source Type: funding

MPRINT Translational Research Resource Platform (TRRP) (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-HD-23-018 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications from organizations to establish Translational Research Resource Platforms (TRRPs) that will facilitate, support, and conduct therapeutic-focused research for maternal and pediatric populations. As part of the Maternal and Pediatric Precision in Therapeutics (MPRINT) program this FOA will focus on resource platforms to support concerted multidisciplinary team science efforts that leverage existing and prospective resources (biobanks, biological sample repositories, omics data, ti...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - August 19, 2022 Category: Research Source Type: funding

HEAL Initiative: Coordinated Pain Care in Health Care Systems Research Program - Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-NS-22-065 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this FOA is to solicit applications for a Coordinating Center to provide leadership for the HEAL Coordinated Approaches to Pain Care in Health Care Systems Program. The Coordinating Center will 1) work collaboratively with each Project team supported through the Collaboratory program, including their partnering health care system (HCS), to develop, test, and implement the proposed Projects while providing technical, design, and coordination support; 2) provide centralized resources (e.g., electronic health records expertise, st...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - July 21, 2022 Category: Research Source Type: funding

NIH Request for Information (RFI) on Acquiring Electronic Health Record Data from Health Information Networks and Health Information Exchanges for the All of Us Research Program
Notice NOT-PM-22-004 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - July 19, 2022 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Leading Edge Acceleration Projects in Health Information Technology
Funding to address emerging challenges that inhibit the development, use, and/or advancement of health information technology. Projects should address one of two areas: (1) health equity and social determinants of health through innovative, open-source technology tools and electronic health records; and (2) the use of equity-enhancing patient-generated health data for clinical care and research. Populations of focus include indigenous persons, Pacific Islanders, and people who live in rural areas, among others. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Dep...
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - June 14, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Demonstration Projects to Promote Use of Interoperable Health Records in Clinical Research (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-AG-23-019 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits applications for three-year demonstration projects to study the feasibility of, and develop best practices for, using interoperable health information from older adult research participants. Applicants will partner with one or more actively funded research studies that are enrolling or re-consenting older adult participants. The projects are expected to collect medical information from electronic health records (EHRs) shared by participants, combine the information inside of a digital infra...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - April 21, 2022 Category: Research Source Type: funding

HEAL Initiative: Exploratory Data and Methods to Address Urgent Needs to Stem the Opioid Epidemic (R21- Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-DA-22-045 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to develop new, exploratory methods, approaches, and/or tools to apply to existing data streams (e.g., electronic health records, syndromic surveillance, claims data, registry data, pharmacy dispensing, and mortality records) that could provide novel insights into the dynamics of opioid and prescription drugs misuse, addiction, recovery, relapse, and recovery to facilitate rapid understanding of the opioid epidemic for prevention and treatment or to develop methods for small area esti...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 20, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Common Data Elements: Increasing FAIR Data Sharing
This article was originally published in the National Library of Medicine’s blog, Musings from the Mezzanine. Carolina Mendoza-Puccini, MD, CDE Program Officer, Division of Clinical Research, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Kenneth J. Wilkins, PhD, Mathematical Statistician, Biostatistics Program and Office of Clinical Research Support, Office of the Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Previous posts published in Musings from the Mezzanine have explained the importance of health data standards and their role as the backbone of interop...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - June 24, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Carolina Mendoza-Puccini and Kenneth J. Wilkins Tags: blog Open Mike common data elements Data sharing FAIR Source Type: funding

Leveraging Standardized Clinical Data to Advance Discovery
Guest blog post authored by: Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, FAAN, Director, National Library of Medicine, NIHSusan Gregurick, PhD, Associate Director for Data Science, NIH; Director of the NIH Office of Data Science StrategyTeresa Zayas Cabán, PhD, Chief Scientist, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; Coordinator, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Acceleration, National Library of Medicine, NIHSteven Posnack, M.S., M.H.S., Deputy National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Opportunit...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - July 31, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Guest Blog Tags: blog Open Mike 21st century cures Data sharing USCDI Source Type: funding

Implementation Research to Improve Case Finding, Cascade Screening, and Treatment for Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required)
Funding Opportunity RFA-HL-22-006 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This milestone-driven Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for single-site clinical trials that: (1) address barriers that impede population-level implementation of case finding and cascade screening (i.e., blood relatives of FH index cases are systematically contacted based on their risk according to the pattern of inheritance); (2) explore implementation science methodologies to assess the uptake, cost-effectiveness, feasibility, and scalability of family-based cascade screening programs for familial hypercholesterole...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - April 16, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding