Identifying and Engaging Care Partners through Electronic Health Records for Pragmatic Research

March 2026 – Grand Rounds 64, IMPACT PCRO Core member Dr. Hillary Lum and guest speakers Drs. Julia Burgdorf and Jenny Portz, and Jody Long present on “Identifying and Engaging Care Partners through Electronic Health Records for Pragmatic Research.”

Hillary Lum, MD, PhD

IMPACT Patient/Caregiver Relevant Outcomes Core

Professor of Medicine, Division
of Geriatric Medicine,
Department of Medicine,
University of Colorado Anschutz

Jenny Portz, PhD, MSW

Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz

Julia Burgdorf, PhD

Research Scientist, Center for Home Care Policy & Research at VNS Health

Jody Long, MSN, MBA, RN, CEN

Director of Clinical Affairs, PointClickCare

Learning Objectives

  • Communicate the need and promise for improvement of dementia care with embedded pragmatic trials within dynamic health care settings.
  • Review what we have found to be key components of ePCT trial design and conduct for ensuring that study results are implementable.
  • Provide learnings of two ePCT trialists from The Dementia Care Study: A Pragmatic Clinical Trial of Health System-Based Versus Community-Based Dementia Care (D-CARE)