PS2-12: The Usability of the SPAN Distributed Research Network Menu-Driven Interface

摘要

Background/AimsDistributed research networks (DRNs) represent a mechanism by which electronic health care data can be securely shared and analyzed across multiple sites. DRNs may feature a menu-driven interface that allows researchers to query structured data sets that reside behind each participating site’s firewall. These queries return aggregated data tables that contain simple frequencies, such as the number of patients by age, gender, diagnosis, treatment or procedure. It is hypothesized that researchers would use a menu-driven interface to conduct preparatory-to-research queries for power analyses that require data from multiple sites. The objective of this study was to evaluate the usability of a menu-driven interface developed for the Scalable Partnering Network for Comparative Effectiveness Research (SPAN).