(Note: This is a full credit version of Bus 40912.)
One of the significant challenges in conducting research using healthcare data is that due to HIPAA regulations, researchers cannot learn about, explore, and experiment with patient level data without a Data Use Agreement, purchasing the data, and ingesting the data into a secure computing environment. This a time consuming and expensive process, and thus poses a substantial barrier to initiating research in this space.
In this course, Ph.D. students will work with national claims data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS), using the CMS Limited Data Set housed at Booth for instructional purposes. Students will receive instruction on using and interpreting this data, and will conduct a major project to replicate a published study or complete a proposed project of their own. After completing this course, students will be well-prepared to conduct research using national claims data.
NEW FOR FALL 2026: Using a special HIPAA-compliant LLM, students will learn how to use AI to analyze healthcare data.
Admission to this course is via application:
- To learn more about the course and data used, see this brief video.
- Apply online to enroll.
- Decisions will be made on a rolling basis.
- Apply by September 11 for fullest consideration, as capacity is limited.
- Applicants will be notified of their status on or before September 18.
