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The Informatics Consult service was an IRB approved project to study the use of routinely collected data on millions of individuals to provide on-demand evidence in those situations where good evidence is lacking. We used demographics, diagnoses, procedures, medications, laboratory values, clinical notes, mortality, and length of stay information for millions of patients to inform patient care decisions by summarizing “what happened to patients like mine”.
Given a specific clinical question, we provided a report with a descriptive summary of similar patients in Stanford’s clinical data warehouse, treatment choices made, and observed outcomes. This 3 minute animation summarizes the service we offered.
The study concluded in August 2019. Learn about search engine that enabled the service. For setting up such a service at your institution, write to us at greenbutton@stanford.edu or read our handbook.
Read our story, learn how we got started, check out our CEO's annual report and brochure, or NLM Director Dr. Patricia Brennan's Congressional testimony on Investments in Medical Research at Five Institutes & Centers of the NIH.
One minute video on the Informatics Consult Service.
Grand Rounds at the NIH Collaboratory on Nov 22, 2019