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Informatics Core at the GCRC

The Informatics Core at the GCRC provides support and resources for clinical researchers. Services include data analysis, IT infrastructure development, protocol review, consultation, and education. The core is equipped with video recording and editing stations, teleconferencing equipment, and various software tools. Data support services include gathering, manipulating, classifying, and storing data in different formats. The core also offers education and training workshops on clinical epidemiology, scientific proposal writing, and database design.

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Informatics Core at the GCRC

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  1. Informatics Core at the GCRC Christine Hotz July 30, 2004

  2. What • WordNet Dictionary • Noun1.informatics – the sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information • Synonyms: information processing, information science • Pronunciation:  `infu'matiks

  3. CRISP CLINICAL/TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH INVESTIGATOR SERVICES PROGRAM Informatics Core GCRC Biomedical Research and Consulting Service (BIRCS) Center for Health Technology (CHT) Medical Informatics Information Technology

  4. Who • Christine Hotz (BIRCS) • Kent Anderson (CRISP) • Cal Chang – advisory role (Academic IS) • BIRCS – advisory role

  5. Mission of Informatics Core • Support Administrative Core • Develop and Maintain IT Infrastructure • Assist and support clinical researchers • Education

  6. Support of clinical researchers • Informatics review of protocols • Consultation to determine needs • Data support • Equipment support • Software • Education • General Resource

  7. Equipment • Video Recording • 3 digital video cameras (Sony and Panasonic) • Screen capture recording • Full video editing station • 1 Nikon digital camera • Teleconferencing Equipment • DVD and CD Burners • Tablet PCs for data collection • Portable DVD player • High Speed Scanner with OCR software

  8. Software • Video Editing software (Adobe Premiere) • Photoshop • Dreamweaver • Adobe Acrobat • SPSS • SAS • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) • Dragon Voice Recognition Software • WinZIP Ver. 9 • Direct RT

  9. Data Support • Gathering (Collection) • Manipulating • Classifying • Storing • Retrieving

  10. Data Support • Gathering (Collection) • Paper • Electronic input • Computer • PDA • Tablet PC • Voice Recognition Software

  11. Data Support • Manipulating and Retrieving • Flat file vs. Database • Text file

  12. Database Example • Researcher’s data contained within 11 spreadsheets, 9 Word documents, and 177 paper charts • Converted to Access database

  13. Data Support • Spreadsheet / Flat file database • Advantages: • Easy to set up • Easy to understand • Disadvantages: • May require entering the same information in many records. • A text database is hard to read. • A single record in a spreadsheet database may not fit across the screen http://www.jegsworks.com/Lessons/lesson1-2/lesson2-4database.htm

  14. Data Support • Relational Database • Advantages: • Reduces the duplication in data entry. • Faster searches. • Can create forms and reports that display only the data you want to see. • Can create queries to answer questions that are hard or impossible to answer in flat databases. • Disadvantages: • Can be complex to set up, using many tables. • It is harder to understand how all the parts relate to each other. http://www.jegsworks.com/Lessons/lesson1-2/lesson2-4database.htm

  15. Data Support http://nte-socio.univ-lyon2.fr/Marc_Grange/BDConception_en.htm

  16. Data Support • Classifying • Controlled terminology • Adherence to Health information standards

  17. Data Support • Storing • Hard Drive • CD • DVD • Jump Drive • Web/Server

  18. Data Support • Storing — GCRC research database • In planning stage • Will be housed on a secure server with password protected access • Data never deleted • Adherence to standards • User-friendly interface for data entry, display, and retrieval

  19. Data Support • Storage Considerations • Encryption and password protection • Lexar Secure jump drive version 2 • Winzip version 9 • Pocket PC encryption software • Version Control • Backup policies

  20. Education • Clinical Epidemiology and Study Design (DVD) • Scientific Proposal Writing Workshop (DVD) • Data Modeling and Database Design (Web) (Lynch) • Regularly scheduled classes • Instruction by request

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