Emory launches data science certificate program for nurses

AONL member Roy Simpson, DNP, RN, helped to create an online, self-paced data science certificate program at the Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing in Atlanta to enable nurses to use big data to solve problems in health care settings. Simpson, an assistant dean of technology management and clinical professor at Emory, says nurses will need to use big data to be successful in the future. Students participating in the program gain access to 2.7 million de-identified patient records, which provide information on diverse populations, multiple conditions and a wide spectrum of care. Students have used the data to uncover racial disparities in opioid administration for breast cancer patients and factors contributing to deaths for patients with pressure ulcers. (HealthLeaders Media article, 7/24/23)