Engaging primary care practices in rural N.C.: Lessons from the Heart Health Now study

219 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Chapel Hill

Cardiovascular event rates can be 50% higher in rural N.C. counties than in metropolitan areas. With little informatics support, Heart Health Now engaged 219 small primary care practices in N.C. to help implement new evidence-based strategies to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Samuel Cykert will discuss key implementation lessons and study findings from this statewide... Read more »

Text Analysis Using R

Room 219 Davis Library 208 Raleigh St., Chapel Hill

Text analysis is a promising new approach that uses machine learning to discover patterns, trends, and other information by using text as data. Participants will develop the skills and understanding... Read more »