Daniel Kurnik

Prof. Daniel Kurnik

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Academic Career Length

21Years (2006-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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20 February 2020 in JMIR Medical Informatics
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ARAnat Reiner-Benaim
Anat Reiner-Benaim
RARonit Almog
Ronit Almog
YGYuri Gorelik
Yuri Gorelik
IHIrit Hochberg
Irit Hochberg
LNLaila Nassar
Laila Nassar
RBRafael Beyar
Rafael Beyar
Background: Privacy restrictions limit access to protected patient-derived health information for research purposes. Consequently, data anonymization is required to allow researchers data access for initial analysis before granting institutional review board approval. A system installed and activated at our institution enables synthetic data generation that mimics data from real electronic medical records, wherein only fictitious patients are listed. Objective: This paper aimed to validate the results obtained when analyzing synthetic structured data for medical research. A comprehensive validation process concerning meaningful clinical questions and various types of data was conducted to assess the accuracy and precision of statistical estimates derived from synthetic patient data. Methods: A cross-hospital project was conducted to validate results obtained from synthetic data produced for five contemporary studies on various topics. For each study, results derived from synthetic data were compared with those based on real data. In addition, repeatedly generated synthetic datasets were used to estimate the bias and stability of results obtained from synthetic data. Results: This study demonstrated that results derived from synthetic data were predictive of results from real data. When the number of patients was large relative to the number of variables used, highly accurate and strongly consistent results were observed between synthetic and real data. For studies based on smaller populations that accounted for confounders and modifiers by multivariate models, predictions were of moderate accuracy, yet clear trends were correctly observed. Conclusions: The use of synthetic structured data provides a close estimate to real data results and is thus a powerful tool in shaping research hypotheses and accessing estimated analyses, without risking patient privacy. Synthetic data enable broad access to data (eg, for out-of-organization researchers), and rapid, safe, and repeatable analysis of data in hospitals or other health organizations where patient privacy is a primary value.

21 April 2017 in Clinical Endocrinology
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VKV. K. Kawai
V. K. Kawai
RLR. T. Levinson
R. T. Levinson
AAA. Adefurin
A. Adefurin
DKDaniel Kurnik
Daniel Kurnik
SCS. P. Collier
S. P. Collier
CSC. M. Stein
C. M. Stein

2 September 2006 in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
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DKDaniel Kurnik
Daniel Kurnik
AWAlastair J. J. Wood
Alastair J. J. Wood
GWGrant R. Wilkinson
Grant R. Wilkinson

1 November 2017 in International Journal of Medical Informatics
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YSYael Zenziper Straichman
Yael Zenziper Straichman
DKDaniel Kurnik
Daniel Kurnik
IMIlan Matok
Ilan Matok
HHHillel Halkin
Hillel Halkin
NMNoa Markovits
Noa Markovits
RLRonen Loebstein
Ronen Loebstein

28 April 2014 in The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
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NMNoa Markovits
Noa Markovits
RLRonen Loebstein
Ronen Loebstein
HHHillel Halkin
Hillel Halkin
MBMartin Bialik
Martin Bialik
JLJanet Landes‐Westerman
Janet Landes‐Westerman
DKDaniel Kurnik
Daniel Kurnik

14 February 2007 in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
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EFE A Friedman
E A Friedman
PHP A Harris
P A Harris
AWA J J Wood
A J J Wood
CSC M Stein
C M Stein
DKDaniel Kurnik
Daniel Kurnik