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AOHC 2026 Concurrent Sessions

Public Health, Surveillance, and Disease Prevention

106 - Leveraging EMR Data to Link Health Outcomes and Exposures

Sunday, April 19, 2026
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
Location: Sheraton Ballroom IV
Claim 1.0 CME

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.


Disclosure(s):

Drew A. Helmer, MD, MS: No financial relationships to disclose
Arash Maghsoudi, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose
Jaraad Ramkissoon, MD: No financial relationships to disclose
Jonathan Mathews, MS: No financial relationships to disclose
Session Description: Data experts from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will discuss current opportunities, potential, and limitations of leveraging the electronic medical record (EMR) data to advance understanding of the health outcomes of occupational and environmental exposures. Presenters will highlight examples of structured data capture in routine clinical care, approaches for extracting information from free text and ancillary sources, and structures and processes for facilitating access to data and cohort creation. They will also discuss how these approaches can serve as a model for other health systems aiming to advance clinical care and research.

Educational Gaps: Occupational and Environmental Medicine clinicians may be unfamiliar with the types of data available from the VA’s EMRs, methods for extracting the information, and the regulatory requirements for data access and cohort creation. This session will provide the knowledge and practical models on how EMR data can be used to advance clinical care and research.

Is this session being sponsored by an ACOEM Section or Component?: No, this session will not be sponsored by an ACOEM section or component.

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The AOHC 2026 theme is Healthy workers. Healthy world: This session will expand attendees’ knowledge and understanding of tools used to extract and use EMR data to guide preventative practices, detect risks, and improve patient care. These approaches will advance patient care to support healthier workers, foster healthier communities, and contribute to a healthier world.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify structured data elements in EMRs relevant to occupational and environmental exposures.
  • Assess methods and understand limitations for extracting and analyzing EMR data to support surveillance and population research, including machine learning techniques, with the goal of advancing preventative practices that can be replicated across health systems.
  • Initiate processes for data access and cohort creation to enhance patient care, population health, and research, including governance and regulatory considerations, highlighting approaches and available resources from the VA.