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Geocoded Data From Health Records and Minnesota Death Certificates Now Available to Researchers
More than 2 million medical records housed in the CTSI-led clinical data repository have been assigned GPS coordinates, giving researchers a more flexible, precise way to study health issues that involve location.
New natural language processing tool available to investigators
CTSI’s Informatics Consulting Services (ICS) recently began offering a new self-service tool to University investigators that retrieves unstructured clinical notes from the electronic health record.
University's clinical trial management system now more tightly integrated with Fairview's electronic health record
The University of Minnesota, in partnership with Fairview Health Services, has strengthened the integration between the OnCore clinical trial management system (CTMS) and Epic, Fairview’s electronic health record.
CTSI awards nearly $40,000 to health informatics research projects
Two University of Minnesota research teams have received funding through the inaugural Informatics Seed Grants Program, a joint initiative from CTSI’s Biomedical Informatics (BMI) function and the Institute for Health Informatics (IHI).
CTSI expands informatics team
Gretchen Sieger and Kathleen McKay, PhD, recently joined CTSI’s Informatics Consulting Service (ICS), which helps investigators efficiently and effectively leverage data and information for their health research.
Dr. Constantin Aliferis appointed as CTSI's Chief Research Informatics Officer
Constantin Aliferis, MD, MS, PhD, FACMI, will provide leadership for CTSI's Biomedical Informatics core and the Institute for Health Informatics, assuming responsibilities from Dean Connie Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, who served in these…
Data from Minnesota Death Certificate Records Now Available to Researchers
Researchers now have a simpler, more effective way to access data from Minnesota death certificate records, with the launch of a new database from the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI). CTSI will fulfill requests for…
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University of Minnesota partners with other CTSA institutions to successfully secure an award to form a national data network
PCORI awards $93.5 million to develop 29 national networks to support more efficient patient-centered researchThe Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) recently approved $93.5 million to support clinical research data…
Need data? Clinical data for researchers
There is a new process for obtaining clinical data for researchers at the University of Minnesota. Health researchers now have access to clinical data from the electronic medical records of patients seen at Fairview Health Services…