Lessons Learned about Clinical Data Registries

Data-Driven Care

Otolaryngology has entered an exciting era where data science can revolutionize our specialty. While the sirens’ call of “big data” is tantalizing, realizing this revolution can also seem mockingly just beyond our reach. Successful registries can build on the lessons learned from our early efforts, ushering in an era of care that is truly data-driven in the most noble sense of the word. 

Dr. Grisel is a co-founder of the Auditory Implant Initiative, a nonprofit organization that developed and supports a cochlear implant registry. He is also with the Texoma Hearing Institute in Wichita Falls, Texas.