Biomedical Informatics Core technology, data, services Jon and Tim
Biomedical Informatics Core Mission Catalyze clinical and translational research within VCU and its partners by providing technical infrastructure, data, policies, and informatics expertise to practitioners and health science researchers.
Technical Infrastructure & Data Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) Clinical Trials Management System Cohort Discovery(i2b2) VCU Clinical Data External Data VCU Community Network Honest Broker Services*
Case Report Forms Web-based Surveys Imports EHR Data Data Management / Export
REDCap Perks Free Centrally maintained by VCU Audit trails Secure for PHI Backed up High availability Audit trails User activity Data manipulation Custom built by you Handles most Structured data Unstructured data Files Lots of support for you Training classes Online support BIC Consulting
Cohort Discovery and Identification Answers the question: how many of this type of patients do we have here? Called ‘i2b2’ Web-based Easy to use (I mean it) HIPAA Compliant Searches by demographics, diagnosis, laboratory, medications, microbiology, procedures, providers, and visit details
i2b2 Pre award Post award Feasibility Rough hypothesis testing Subject fatigue analysis Easy information on your cohort Contact info for consent Clinical EHR data
VCU Health System Clinical Data We help with research, they help with Performance Improvement VCUHS and VCU BIC work together Centralized clinical data request process for both VCU and VCUHS The BIC can get help you figure out what you need The BIC can give you some data
Clinical Research Data Warehouse ‘Source of truth’ for EHR data at VCUHS Designed for research and analytics Speed for pulling out data Accuracy Data has been cleaned Updated daily Is integral part of VCUHS EDW
External EHR Data (HealthFacts) Very large data warehouse with almost every Cerner client EHR Updated annually – biannually De-identified patient data Orgs are confidential Demographics Diagnosis Procedures Laboratory Microbiology Pharmacy/medication Encounter
HealthFacts Opportunities Comparative effectiveness research Clinical (not billing) data Inpatient experience Preliminary data for Identifying new targets Research justification Quality benchmarking Health services descriptive analysis
Support & Training REDCap I2b2 Clinical Data Warehouse HealthFacts Beginning, intermediate, & advanced classes Bimonthly Liaison program I2b2 Monthly Clinical Data Warehouse Query tools training classes as needed HealthFacts Clinical Trials Management System
BIC Researcher Portal Interactive support User communities Message board Video Training calendar User communities Stay connected! News & updates http://bic.cctr.vcu.edu/
VCU Community Network Communitynetwork.vcu.edu Key contact and research info automatically populated Community partners in on place Our focus: Inter campus collaborations Student-PI matching Community partners
One Request Process go.vcu.edu/bicrequest