Best Practices in Retrospective Chart Review for Research

*Are you planning to use data from medical records for research, evaluation or quality improvement projects? Curious to know the advantages/disadvantages of using secondary data such as medical records? Do you want to learn strategies that ensure data accuracy?

This workshop is designed to review the process of completing a chart review from start to end. Topics such as advantages and limitations, standardization of data collection procedures, sample size, and sampling strategies will be discussed to ensure that data collection processes produce reliable and representative data.

OBJECTIVES:
• Review the applicability of chart reviews in retrospective health research
• Compare and contrast the advantages and limitations
• List best practices in designing and conducting a retrospective chart review