This course explores the features and functionality specific to SAS Health: Cohort Builder in SAS Viya 4. Students gain competence in identifying patient cohorts of interest using simple or compound expressions, augmenting the patient cohort data with analysis variables, and leveraging templated analytics to gain knowledge and insights.

Learn how to

• Generate evidence from real-world data (RWD) by preparing and managing fit-for-purpose data for research- and regulatory-grade analyses, which is critical for realizing the value of RWD.
• Build cohorts faster as you easily access complex data sets without extensive programming time and skills.
• Improve data integration by enabling seamless integration from data management through insight generation and sharing.
• Access up-to-date code sets and data ontologies (provided by Wolters Kluwer Health Language data quality solutions) that provide consistency and reliability for your analytical efforts.
• Speed time to insight with improved automation and collaboration for all teams and users.
• Increase governance and transparency of data, processes, and analytics.

Who should attend

Anyone in the organization who will use Cohort Builder features in SAS Viya 4

Formats available	Standard Duration
Classroom:	1 day
Live Web Classroom:	2 half-day session(s)	System Requirements
e-Learning:	7 hours/180 day license	System Requirements

Before attending this course, you should be familiar with using an internet browser.

This course addresses SAS Viya, SAS Health: Cohort Builder software.

This course addresses SAS Health: Cohort Builder in SAS Viya 4.

Solution Overview

• Introduction to SAS Health: Cohort Builder.
• Navigate to the Home page.
• Explore the Home page.
• Extended learning.

Create and Manage Projects

• Create a new project.
• Manage existing projects.

Create, Define, and Save a Cohort

• Introduction to cohorts.
• Create cohorts.
• Define cohorts.
• Save cohorts.

Create Expressions

• Overview of expressions.
• Expression manager.
• Define a cohort step.
• Qualifiers.
• Add or remove codes.

Create Index Event Definitions

• Create an index event definition.
• Manage an index event definition.

Manage a Cohort

• Manage a cohort.

Create and Apply Analysis Variables

• Overview of analysis variables.
• Create analysis variables.
• Apply analysis variables.
• Risk factor sets.

Create an Add-In Template

• Create an add-In template.
• Explore an add-in template.

Create and Manage Add-In Instances

• Create an add-in instance.
• Execute an add-in instance.
• Save an add-in instance.
• Delete an add-in instance.