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Research services enhancements help increase administrative, invoicing efficiencies
Beginning next week, the DeptID for the department administering the research project will be required for all new requests for services submitted in CTSI’s Clinical and Translational Research (CTR) Portal and project set-up requests made…
Several departments adopt OnCore as part of CTSI effort to deploy the clinical trial management system across the AHC
The following Academic Health Center (AHC) departments have recently started using OnCore, with support from CTSI's OnCore team: Psychiatry, Medicine (remaining groups), Surgery, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Physical Medical Rehabilitation,…
CTSI submits CTSA proposal to NIH
Earlier this year, CTSI submitted an application to renew its Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA).CTSI’s proposal focuses on enhancing the scope, quality, and efficiency of team-based clinical and translational science research…
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.
How CTSI is helping one University investigator convert her idea into a real-world tool for diagnosing infections
Valerie Pierre, PhD, envisions a cheap, easy-to-use diagnostic tool that could provide a faster way to diagnose bacterial infections. Initial funding, guidance, and support from CTSI proved such a tool could be feasible, and a subsequent…
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.
Health researcher lands a million-dollar R01 grant using CTSI-provided clinical data
Researchers can securely utilize the electronic health records of more than 2 million de-identified patients, thanks to a
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.
New process for requesting BioNet registration and services
BioNet has unveiled a convenient new request process to enable researchers to request BioNet registration and services through the CTR Portal, a web-based system from CTSI that enables research teams to request research services. This…
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.