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Informatics Core at the GCRC Christine Hotz July 30, 2004 What WordNet Dictionary Noun1.informatics – the sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information Synonyms: information processing, information science Pronunciation: `infu'matiks CRISP CLINICAL/TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH INVESTIGATOR SERVICES PROGRAM Biomedical Research and Consulting Service (BIRCS) Informatics Core GCRC Medical Informatics Information Technology Center for Health Technology (CHT) Who Christine Hotz (BIRCS) Kent Anderson (CRISP) Cal Chang – advisory role (Academic IS) BIRCS – advisory role Mission of Informatics Core Support Administrative Core Develop and Maintain IT Infrastructure Assist and support clinical researchers Education Support of clinical researchers Informatics review of protocols Consultation to determine needs Data support Equipment support Software Education General Resource Equipment Video Recording 3 digital video cameras (Sony and Panasonic) Screen capture recording Full video editing station 1 Nikon digital camera Teleconferencing Equipment DVD and CD Burners Tablet PCs for data collection Portable DVD player High Speed Scanner with OCR software Software Video Editing software (Adobe Premiere) Photoshop Dreamweaver Adobe Acrobat SPSS SAS Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) Dragon Voice Recognition Software WinZIP Ver. 9 Direct RT Data Support Gathering (Collection) Manipulating Classifying Storing Retrieving Data Support Gathering (Collection) Paper Electronic input Computer PDA Tablet PC Voice Recognition Software Data Support Manipulating and Retrieving Flat file vs. Database Text file Database Example Researcher’s data contained within 11 spreadsheets, 9 Word documents, and 177 paper charts Converted to Access database Data Support Spreadsheet / Flat file database Advantages: Easy to set up Easy to understand Disadvantages: May require entering the same information in many records. A text database is hard to read. A single record in a spreadsheet database may not fit across the screen http://www.jegsworks.com/Lessons/lesson1-2/lesson2-4database.htm Data Support Relational Database Advantages: Reduces the duplication in data entry. Faster searches. Can create forms and reports that display only the data you want to see. Can create queries to answer questions that are hard or impossible to answer in flat databases. Disadvantages: Can be complex to set up, using many tables. It is harder to understand how all the parts relate to each other. http://www.jegsworks.com/Lessons/lesson1-2/lesson2-4database.htm Data Support http://nte-socio.univ-lyon2.fr/Marc_Grange/BDConception_en.htm Differences Spreadsheet Database Main use Calculations Data management and processing None Structuring and strong consistency Integrity Controls of Data None Strict checking of the possible values of each data Access to dat Single User Multi users Data Confidentiality No Control Checking of the rights of access for each user Data Size -One Table Dozens of Rows -Several tables -Several thousand of rows by table Processing of data Quantitative Qualitative and quantitative Interrogation of data Realized by specific Procedures "Universal" language : SQL Structuring of data Data Support Classifying Controlled terminology Adherence to Health information standards Data Support Storing Hard Drive CD DVD Jump Drive Web/Server Data Support Storing — GCRC research database In planning stage Will be housed on a secure server with password protected access Data never deleted Adherence to standards User-friendly interface for data entry, display, and retrieval Data Support Storage Considerations Encryption and password protection Lexar Secure jump drive version 2 Winzip version 9 Pocket PC encryption software Version Control Backup policies Education Clinical Epidemiology and Study Design (DVD) Scientific Proposal Writing Workshop (DVD) Data Modeling and Database Design (Web) (Lynch) Regularly scheduled classes Instruction by request