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Laura Qualls

Clinical Trials Project Leader III
Duke Clinical Research Institute
PO Box 17969, Durham, NC 27715

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Clinical Trials Project Leader III Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers

Recent Publications


Assessing the harmonization of structured electronic health record data to reference terminologies and data completeness through data provenance.

Journal Article Learn Health Syst · April 2025 INTRODUCTION: (1) Assess the harmonization of structured electronic health record data (laboratory results and medications) to reference terminologies and characterize the severity of issues. (2) Identify issues of data completeness by comparing complement ... Full text Link to item Cite

Assessing and improving research readiness in PCORnet®.

Journal Article J Clin Transl Sci · 2025 PURPOSE: We describe the steps taken to assess and improve the research readiness of data within PCORnet®, specifically focusing on the results of the PCORnet data curation process between Cycle 7 (October 2019) and Cycle 16 (October 2024). MATERIAL AND ME ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Optimizing data integration in trials that use EHR data: lessons learned from a multi-center randomized clinical trial.

Journal Article Trials · September 1, 2023 BACKGROUND: Despite great promise, trials that ascertain patient clinical data from electronic health records (EHR), referred to here as "EHR-sourced" trials, are limited by uncertainty about how existing trial sites and infrastructure can be best used to ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Data Services for the Coordinating Center for PCORnet®"

ResearchProject Leader · Awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2025 - 2028

Enhancing Capacity of the PCORnet® Common Data Model to Support PCORI Priorities in Patient-Centered CER

ResearchProject Leader · Awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2024 - 2026

PCORnet CC - SCOPE 2: Common Data Model Maintenance, Expansion and Linkage

ResearchProject Leader · Awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2022 - 2025

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