This resource is a comprehensive database of births at Weill Cornell Medicine from 2020 forward. The repository encompasses numerous data types from the electronic health record: demographics, medications, encounters, diagnoses, laboratory values, and more. The database can be used for studies that improve our understanding of causes, risk factors, clinical manifestation, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality, in order to identify specific interventions for risk mitigation and better risk prediction. It can also be used for studies to improve our understanding of healthcare access and services utilization, social and behavioral determinants of health, health disparities, and patient outcomes related to maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality.
Researchers who want to access RDR data will work with our departmental team, led by Dr. Kristin Voegtline, to request data and analytic support for individual projects. The entire Ob/Gyn RDR has IRB approval, but individual projects must still be submitted for expedited review or exempt status determination. Therefore, it is crucial when planning an RDR project that researchers submit your data request (found here) at least six months before an abstract or paper submission deadline. After submitting your data request, we will email you to set up a consultation meeting. While we will make every effort to accommodate your request, please be aware that all trainee requests require an Ob/Gyn faculty mentor and that requests will be reviewed and the feasibility of the project as well as the level of priority will be determined by the RDR team. We may not be able to accommodate all requests.
