Spring 2023 Edmonton SAS User Group (ESUG) Meeting Presentations

AliceYuan — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 17:16:31 GMT

Cheers to another meeting in the books! We hope everyone enjoyed the presentations...and the beer. 🍻 There's nothing quite like meeting other SAS Edmonton Users over a pint of beer, in my humble opinion. 😉

In case you need a refresher, here was the agenda for the afternoon.

12:30pm - 1:00pm	Registration and Appetizers
1:00pm - 1:05pm	Welcome Remarks Doug Dover, ESUG President
1:05pm - 1:20pm	What's New at SAS? Alice Yuan, SAS Canada
1:20pm - 1:55pm	Diving Deeper Into SQL John Fleming, Alberta Health Services Often with SQL, we get some basic stuff like joins. But is there more we can do with SQL? Today, we are going to take a deeper look.
1:55pm - 2:15pm	Tips & Tricks Doug Dover & Emily Blagdon, University of Alberta
2:15pm - 2:45pm	Networking Break & Refreshments
2:45pm - 3:20pm	SAS Automation for Pragmatic Randomized Trials Erik Youngson, Alberta Health Services The BedMed Frail study is currently enrolling patients to evaluate whether time of day blood pressure medications are taken in continuing care facilities impacts patient outcomes. This talk will highlight several ways that SAS is utilized within Alberta Health Services to conduct the study including the following: Identifying eligible residents Connecting directly to a REDCap database Storing data in Oracle Randomization Securely emailing randomization lists Emailing summary results
3:20pm - 3:50pm	Case Use for SAS Visual Investigator – Combating Guns and Gangs in Alberta with the Correctional Services Intelligence Unit Chris Gibson, Alberta Justice Exploring the use of SAS Visual Investigator and analytics in the public safety sector including correctional settings and more. On a daily basis members of the Intelligence unit are conducting investigations to protect the people of Alberta and suppress crime. With the assistance of SAS technology we are seeing drastic increases in officer efficiencies and less intelligence gaps tracking both gang and firearm crimes across the province.
3:50pm - 4:20pm	SAS Graphing Tips & Tricks Allison Scott, Alberta Health Services
4:20pm - 4:30pm	Closing Remarks
4:30pm - 5:30pm	Optional: Happy Hour Networking

PDF versions of the presentations can also be found in this post.

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Spring 2023 Edmonton SAS User Group (ESUG) Meeting Presentations