MDEpiNet Claims Based Research Initiative (CBRI)
The Center coordinates research within this program to evaluate current and innovative devices and device-based interventions in medicine. Collaborating with clinical departments at Weill Cornell Medicine, the project aims to provide information and evidence for physicians and patients to facilitate informed clinical decision-making.
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The scope of the CBRI initiative includes the evaluation of device or procedure safety and efficacy and assessment of the impact of provider characteristics on patient and device outcomes. The program has access to a number of datasets including Medicare, New York State comprehensive discharge data, SEER-Medicare data for various cancer surgeries, and National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data, as well as international registry data for various surgical procedures. The program has expanded with the formal development of the Institute for Health Technologies and Interventions at Weill Cornell Medicine, which collaborates with various clinical departments, depicted below:
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Major Research Areas
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Research in radiology focuses on procedures and devices used in interventional radiology. These procedures and devices, such as liver tumor ablation, kidney tumor ablation, and inferior vena cava, may be used for cancer and non-cancer treatment.
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Featured projects:
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Patient outcomes after liver ablation vs. surgical resection for early stage liver cancer
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Research in colorectal surgery focuses on interventions and devices related to the treatment of colorectal cancer and benign conditions with a major focus on assessing safety, efficacy, and effectiveness of these technologies and interventions using big data and primary clinical data sources.
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Featured projects:
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Research in vascular surgery focuses on both traditional open and minimally invasive procedures in vascular practice, and patient-centered surgical outcomes and provider level factors in the areas of abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, peripheral vascular disease, carotid stenosis, and cerebral aneurysm.
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Featured projects:
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Characterizing the evolution of perioperative outcomes and costs of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
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Procedure volume and patient outcomes after thoracic endovascular aortic aneurysm repair
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Research in urology focuses on interventions and devices related to treatment of urologic cancers and benign urologic diseases, and comparative studies and patient-centered approaches that are used to assess the safety and efficacy of urologic procedures.
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Featured projects:
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Short term and long term patient outcomes afterpelvic organ prolapse repair with and without mesh
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Patient survival after minimally invasive vs. open cystectomy for bladder cancer
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The impact of pelvic radiation therapy on inflatable penile prosthesis reoperation rates
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Research in cardio-thoracic surgery is conducted on various topics including pulmonary resection, treatment of lung cancer, cardiac valve replacement or repair etc.
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Featured projects:
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Survival with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) versus thoracoscopic sublobar lung resection for early stage lung cancer
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The impact of individual operator volume on patient outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)
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The impact of hospital transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement volumes on transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) outcomes
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Research in neurosurgery focuses on interventions and devices related to the treatment of brain tumors.
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