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UAMS IT
Biomedical Informatics Initiative
Motivation: Scattered resources
Sites at UAMS containing references to or
people who perform bioinformatics services
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http://www.cor.uams.edu/bioinformatics.asp (Center or Ortho. Research- Larry Suva)
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http://bioinformatics.uams.edu/ (Bioinformatics Center-Tom Kieber-Emmons)
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http://brin.uams.edu/bioinformatics.asp (INBRE - Larry Cornett)
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http://microarray.uams.edu/services.htm (Microarray Core)
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http://myeloma.uams.edu/lambertlab/ (Myeloma Institute- John Shaughnessy)
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http://www.acnc.uams.edu/- (Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center)
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http://www.uams.edu/biostat/ (Biostatistics- Radha Nagarajan)
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http://intranet.uams.edu/it/Bioinformatics/ (IT- Umit, Rinku, Ted)
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Objectives
 What we are not here to do:
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Tell investigators how to conduct research
Take over investigators’ data
Purchase $$$$ of computers and software
 What we are here to do:
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Address the needs of investigators by
 Fostering a collaborative environment
 Locating software and hardware resources
 Developing interfaces for those resources
Vision
Vision
 Our vision is to identify, map, and interface existing and projected
information, content and
services supporting research.
Diagnostic
,therapeutics and vaccines
Target discovery
Biological Research
Knowledge Generation
Data tailored,visualization and annotation
Data Storage,Queries,management
Some areas where we can contribute
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Existing hardware/software resources, such as:
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Data collection,
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Data analysis,
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Data storage (both long and short term),
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Data retrieval,
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Data sharing.
In addition, support or take responsibility for the following areas.
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Database design, Data mining, Artificial intelligence
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Web development (page, portal, or access)
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Distributed computing, Grid, and Security
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etc.
Additional Contributions
 Other processes could be enhanced to
increase efficiency and reliability
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Security
Automation
Common Resource
Sharing
Data Collection & Analysis
 How is data currently collected?
What software and hardware are being used?
 Would the researchers prefer an alternative?
Commercial, freeware and open source options
More secure and efficient environment
 Are others on campus using same or similar?
1/10/2007
Information Systems Integration Diagram – Dec. 2006
Renal
Ent. Scheduling
O/P
Scheduling
EPF
Tumor
Registry
Cold
Feeds
I/P EMR
Clin Docum.
Eligibility
ADT
ADT
O/P EMR
Logician
ADT,
Results
OBGyn BirthNet
Omnicell
ADT
ADT
OR Mgmt
Emergency
Charges
ADT
eChart
ADT
Healthquest
ADT,
Orders
PM/3.0
ADT
Transplant
Acuity/Staffing
ADT
Results
Ultrasound
Imaging
ADT
Bed Mngmt
Charges
Integration Engine
Results
Orders
ADT,
Blood Gas
Cardiology/CVL
Orders
Results
ADT
SoftPath
LAB
ADT
Bloodbank
Clin Lab
Anat. Path
Micro
Charges
Charges
Charges
Orders,
Status, Results
StemLab
BMT Serve
RAD
Lab, Rx,
OR data
Pharmacy
Charges
Results: AP,
Lab,Hemocare
SoftMed
ADAMS/MMDB
MediPac 3.0
Med Rec Abstr
Budget
Pyxis
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PACS
Charges,
Orders
Charges
Charges
ADT
Charges &
Refunds
Physician
Access
Mediq
MCPG
SMS Billing
Contract Mgmt
MedTeach
HSS Encoder
EIS
Healthquest
ADT/Charges
Library
RA Posting
ABN Compli
Billing
AR & Patient Refunds
TrendStar
Student Info
Systems
Orders
ADT
Infection Con.
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SAP GL, HR, MM
OTG Document
Imaging
ADT, Orders
Payments
UB92 Processor
Claims
APC
PostLink
Data Storage, Retrieval and Sharing
 Short and long term storage
Local drive vs. network vs optical
Database vs Windows folders
 Data sharing
Database/Network folders/SharePoint
 Security
Data accessible only to those who need it
Benefits of IT Bioinformatics Support
 Much data collection and analysis is repetitious. Automation can
decrease the time required as well as limit the opportunities for
error.
 Well written interfaces for software increase their utility and
provide opportunity for alternative analysis (i.e. exploration and
discovery).
 Hard drives fail, even new ones. Storing data in a secure
database reduces risk of lost data and allows for secure
viewing and/or sharing.
 Creating a centralized infrastructure by means of utilizing
available and planned resources.
 Increase productivity.
Research Communities link website (researchlink.uams.edu)
In house Bionformatics tools
Nucleotide analysis
1- Sequence,pattern and structure analysis Tools
 SeqWeb
Tools in Seqweb:
Comparison ,
Database Searching,
Evolution,
Mapping,
Pattern Recognition,
Primer Selection,
Protein Analysis,
Nucleic Acid,
Secondary Structure,
Translation
Phylogeny
Whole Genome Search
Protein and proteomic analysis
2- Bioinformatics Tools in Apple Cluster
3- Structural biology Tools
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InsightII
Sybyl
InsightII
Sybyl
4- Statistics
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R and Bioconductor
5- Databases
 BASE(microarray)
 PathologyLab(ongoing)
 Proteomics: 2-DPAGE and MassSpec(ongoing)
6- Resources and Links
Open souce tools,tutorials,datasets: http://bic.uams.edu
Thanks for listening
Suggestions
Discussions
Create solutions