# Assessing completeness and accuracy of the EHRs harbored at BigMouth Dental Data Repository

> **NIH NIH R03** · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · 2022 · $155,500

## Abstract

This proposed application will focus on exploring new methods and strategies to improve the usability of
Electronic Health Record (EHR) data for the purpose of oral health research, dental education and patient
care. The research will assess the data quality dimensions at group-level (faculty vs. student) and at institution-
level (across the nine dental school sites). The two quality dimensions will be –completeness and accuracy of
the EHR data stored in the BigMouth dental data repository for the years 2017-2019. This project will analyze
the completeness by assessing the granular components - demographics, dental history, behavioral attributes,
and health history attributes inputted by the student and faculty providers for missing data. These granular
components will be measured across variable, time and patient. Patterns of missing data will be evaluated
using multiple imputation. The accuracy of the data will be measured by comparing the odontogram to the
corresponding radiographic image. All the analysis will be done using the EHR data from the BigMouth dental
data repository that contains clinical data from nine dental schools. This research will facilitate the importance
of using EHR data in oral health research; understand the importance of data validation and reliability, and
improving patient care outcomes within the dental schools that contribute to this repository.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10468940
- **Project number:** 5R03DE029809-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
- **Principal Investigator:** Tamanna Tiwari
- **Activity code:** R03 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $155,500
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2021-08-16 → 2025-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10468940

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10468940, Assessing completeness and accuracy of the EHRs harbored at BigMouth Dental Data Repository (5R03DE029809-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10468940. Licensed CC0.

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