Slicer Dicer
In the early trial design stage, it may be beneficial to take a look at exactly how many available subjects within Penn Medicine there are for a trial. This can be helpful information to include in a grant proposal or when planning a recruitment strategy. It may also be necessary information to provide to an external sponsor during the site selection process. Below is a quick snapshot and some more details about some of the resource available to support this.
- Data Set
- Demographics/ conditions/ medications/ labs /results/ encounters/ procedures/ vitals
- Includes PHI via Reporting Work Bench (RBW)
- Tools and Functions
- Cohort identification for research hypothesis generation/ grant submissions/ trial feasibility
- Preparatory to Research functions – specifically around recruitment – can connect directly to MPM recruiting functions with IRB approval and PennChart research team build
- Advantages
- Real-time data updates
- Easy to use
- Strong Visualization Tools
- Limitations
- Requires level of PennChart understanding for data modeling and not a very precise tool
- Not a research analytics tool
- No external data
- Limited to EMR data
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Not a research analytics tool; no R, SQL, Python informatics type tools built into SD
Example Slicer Dicer Visualization
To Access Slicer Dicer
The process of accessing Slicer Dicer is different for PennChart vs. non PennChart research users
- For those with a current PennChart Active Account
- Should have access to Slicer Dicer – search in Report Management > Analytics > Slicer Dicer
- Research Coordinator Profile – need to complete read and understood document on provisions and appropriate use in Workday to receive access .
- No PennChart Account - you will need someone to sponsor a PennChart account for you. You should engage and speak to your Lawson manager:
- Lawson manager to sponsor UPHS/ Penn Medicine account
- Complete View only training for PennChart
- Complete "read and acknowledge" training titled Using SlicerDicer for Research in Knowledge Link.