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. 2014 Apr 29;21(4):621–626. doi: 10.1136/amiajnl-2014-002751

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Distributed computing. Patient-centered Scalable National Network for Effectiveness Research (pSCANNER) answers an end-user's scientific question by distributing the corresponding query to each participating site, processing the query locally while preserving each site's stringent data privacy and security requirements, then aggregating the responses into a coherent answer.