Table 4.
Six large-scale projects implementing informatics platforms for comparative effectiveness research (CER), as surveyed by Sittig et al19
| Project name | Project description |
|---|---|
| The Comparative Effectiveness Research Hub (CER Hub) | A web-based platform for implementing multi-institutional studies using the MediClass system for processing comprehensive electronic medical records, including both coded and free-text data elements |
| Washington Heights/Inwood Informatics Infrastructure for Comparative Effectiveness Research (WICER) | Creating infrastructure to facilitate patient-centered, comprehensive analysis of populations in New York City, NY by leveraging data from existing EHRs, and combining data from institutions representing various health care processes |
| Scalable PArtnering Network for Comparative Effectiveness Research: Across Lifespan, Conditions, and Settings (SPAN) | Uses its Virtual Data Warehouse (VDW) to provide a standardized, federated data system across 11 partners spread out across the nation |
| The Partners Research Patient Data Registry (RPDR) | An enterprise data warehouse combined with a multi-faceted user interface (i2b2) that enables clinical research and CER across Partners Healthcare in Boston, MA |
| The Indiana Network for Patient Care (INPC) Comparative Effectiveness Research Trial of Alzheimer's Disease Drugs (COMET-AD) | Started in 1994 as an experiment in community-wide health information exchange serving five major hospitals in Indianapolis, IN. Using data from hospitals and payers statewide to monitor various health care processes and outcomes |
| The Surgical Care Outcomes Assessment Program Comparative Effectiveness Research Translation Network (SCOAP-CERTN) | Assessing how well an existing statewide quality assurance and quality improvement registry (ie, the Surgical Care Outcomes Assessment Program) can be leveraged to perform CER |