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Center for Biomedical Informatics

CTSI Center for Biomedical Informatics (CBMI)

The CBMI includes three Research pillars: Informatics, Data Engineering & Software Engineering.
Each Research pillar provides expertise in important biomedical informatics knowledge domains: data warehousing, data modeling, application design and development, recruitment database management, natural language processing, and more!

Graphic illustrating the three CBMI Research Pillars.

Research Pillars

Research Informatics (RI)

Clinical Research Data Warehouse (CRDW)

Cosmos

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Network (PCORnet)/Greater Plains Collaborative (GPC)

Custom Data

 

Research Data Engineering (RDE)

Clinical Research Data Warehouse

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Network (PCORnet) Common Data Model (CDM)

Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP)/Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) Common Data Model (CDM)

ENACT

Research Software Engineering (RSE)

REDCap

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Faculty Collaboration Database

Clinical Research Data Warehouse (CRDW)

The CBMI Informatics & Data Engineering pillars build, maintain, and support a free, self-service research data toolset. The CRDW is an integrated data environment comprised of real-world patient data from the Froedtert Health Network and Children’s Wisconsin electronic health record systems as well as other valuable data resources (e.g., hospital and provider billing transactions, MCW Tissue Bank biospecimens, and NAACCR tumor registry.
Learn more and access resources for the CRDW

Research Data Access

  • Need Data for Research?

    Request to access patient-level data. Apply once, use often!

    Complete the Data Access Intake Form

  • CRDW Data at a Glance

    Explore summarized domain data here! (MCW login credentials needed to access)

    Browse the Data Visualization

  • Language to Include in IRB Applications

    Utilize template language for investigators using the CRDW.

    View Template Language

  • Citation Information

    Information for crediting the appropriate funding grants for all publications resulting from the utilization of CTSI biomedical informatics resources or services.

    Access Citation Information

Self-Service Research Data Tools

New Users: to join the user community and access the following tools, please complete the Data Access Intake form.

i2b2 - Query

Find patients using de-identified clinical and demographic data

EMERSE - Query

Find patients and review identified clinical text notes (Froedtert only) with IRB approval. 

Epic Cosmos - Froedtert

Find and analyze de-identified patient cohorts using all Cosmos patients or just Froedtert patients. 

To learn more and request access, visit: https://www.mcw.edu/departments/research-training/toolboxes/epic

Honest Broker - Extract

Extract line-item datasets using an automated, IRB-approved integrated data delivery tool. 

TriNetX - Query/Analyze

Find and analyze patient sets using Froedtert, Children's or large TriNetX networks. 

Jupyter Hub

Access all de-identified Honest Broker tables for Froedtert or Children's in a Jupyter notebook environment. 

Epic Cosmos - Children's

Find and analyze de-identified patient cohorts using all Cosmos patients or just Children's patients. 

To learn more, contact Children's Analytics at: analytics@childrenswi.org

Browse the Honest Broker Data Dictionary

Access the Honest Broker Data Dictionary via PDF

Consultations with RI/RDE for custom funded projects can be requested by emailing cbmi-ri@mcw.edu

Cohort discovery query tools, i2b2 and TriNetX, enable HIPAA-compliant de-identified querying of clinical information to generate counts and patient sets
Honest Broker tools allow unlimited extraction of curated data domain tables in fully de-identified format and facilitate PHI extract requests for researchers with approved IRB protocols
Jupyter Hub offers the power of a computational environment to researchers with advanced data science skills, allowing them to independently query and analyze encrypted Honest Broker tables directly.

Research Software Engineering (RSE)

The CBMI software engineering team manages the research services listed below and provides custom research application development services for funded projects.

Contact the RSE team for a consultation at ctsi.rse@mcw.edu

Contact Us

Clinical & Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin
Center for Biomedical Informatics
Medical College of Wisconsin
Froedtert Hospital
Lower Level Pavilion, L772A
9200 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53226
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