BMIC Service Center

Consultation for those interested in applying AI-based methods to current or future research. These methods include, but are not limited to, machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing (based on machine learning). Services include:

• Determining potential success/appropriateness of applying AI methods to proposed research.
• Refining research question/approach to one more suitable to AI methods.
• Identifying resources such as collaborators and/or funding mechanisms.

For more information about AI activities on campus see the AI Hub. To review if AI could help your research, include the Artificial Intelligence Consult in your SPARCRequest.

We can build you any tool or web application using Ruby on Rails, Javascript, and MySQL. Our development staff has the resources and knowledge to create something wonderful for you. We can also update/create additions to existing PHP and Python applications for you.

Query clinical data for research purposes to assist in recruitment, chart review, complex feasibility analysis (data preparatory for research) to be performed by an Honest Broker. To start your data request, include Data Delivery Services in your SPARCRequest. Upon submitting your service request in SPARC, you will be contacted by a Research Data Request Administrator who will provide the link to a “Research Data Consult Mini Form” in REDCap. With the information you provide in this form, our Research Data Request Administrator will be able to triage your request to the appropriate analyst to schedule your Research Data Consult.

Research Data Request

Request to query clinical data for research purposes to assist in recruitment, chart review, complex feasibility analysis (data preparatory for research) to be performed by an Honest Broker. Upon submitting your service request in SPARC, you will be contacted by a Research Data Request Administrator who will provide the link to a “Research Data Consult Mini Form” in REDCap. With the information you provide in this form, our Research Data Request Administrator will be able to triage your request to the appropriate analyst to schedule your Research Data Consult.

QI (Quality Improvement) Data Request

This fee-for-service request facilitates data extraction for non-research, quality improvement, analytics, or operational purposes. Your total cost estimate will be given to you after we have a chance to review the request. You will only see the hourly rate at submission.

Use the QI / Program Evaluation self-certification tool to see if your project is QI, then supply us a copy of the certificate it generates.

Student/ Trainee Data Request (Research or QI)

This allows for an honest brokered data extract for MUSC students/trainees for MUSC projects. There is currently no fee associated, however a data validation session with the requester and their mentor is required for release of data.

Trinetx Data Set Creation

Obtain a limited data set (dates only) for a patient population identified by a Trinetx query. Data obtained through this service cannot be linked back to MUSC identifiers to do additional Epic chart reviews or link data sets provided by our Research Data Request process together. Data included in the data set is set by Trinetx and currently includes Demographics, Encounters, Diagnoses, Procedures, Medications, Lab Results, Vitals and a subset of Hollings Cancer Registry Data.

Need custom best practice alerts (BPA) and inbox notifications? Flowsheets? Questionnaires? Custom or recruitment reports? Patient registries? We can do it all. To start your ideal customization select Epic Research in your SPARCRequest.

Clinical Decision Support

The Clinical decision support service will help your Clinical Decision Support Tools by Integrating into Epic to streamline workflows and take advantage of existing data sets to create intuitive, user-friendly, and effective protocols for alarms, alerts, and decision-making pathways.

Epic Integration and Optimization

Utilize Epic to support and enhance clinical practices and research. A seamless, scalable and repeatable standards-based Epic integration service.

Flowsheets

Longitudinal data collection tool within an encounter. (Avg. build hours=6)

Smartform/ Text/ Link

Customizable forms used in Epic to capture specialty or problem-specific information, collect data for a study, or extend Epic's available features. (Avg. build hours=10)

Best Practice Advisories (BPA)

Recruitment tool or alert that can be customized to direct contact a provider, study team member, or patient regarding study information. (Avg. build hours=14)

Questionnaires/ Patient Reported Outcome (PRO)

An in clinic, patient portal or REDCap research survey or information form. Can be built as a one-time use or as a series. (Avg. build hours=15)

Custom Study Dashboard

Your Research Study can now have a customized dashboard in Epic that can be used to show research coordinators and other members of the study teams easy access to data about your specific study. You will be able to see how many patients are being recruited but haven’t enrolled yet, what bills still need to be reviewed, and just an overall snapshot of specifics for your study.

Research Oncology Treatment Plan

The research oncology treatment plans are created to help every member on a research oncology team see an organized, up-to-date plan and outcomes for the patient’s chemotherapy and treatment. (Avg. build hours =10)

Research Supportive Care Plan

When an order set is just not enough, the research supportive care plans are detailed outlines of a participants care in the study and are created the help every member of the research team see an organized, up-to-date plan and set of orders for a participant’s research plan. (Avg. build hours = 12)

Provides state-of-the-art expertise and tools for Natural Language Processing (NLP) applications to enable and enhance unstructured clinical data use and reuse.

Clinical Trial Eligibility Discovery
Automated and efficient search and discovery of patients potentially eligible for specific clinical trials. This service is based on applications of Natural Language Processing (NLP), machine learning (ML) and other artificial intelligence (AI) methods to match patients with clinical trials at scale.

De-identification
Automated fast and highly accurate de-identification of text and structured clinical data. All levels of de-identification (e.g., LDS, Safe Harbor) are possible.

Information Extraction / Phenotyping
Automated fast and scalable applications of Natural Language Processing (NLP) to extract clinical information and other phenotypic information from unstructured text.

NLP Consulting
Consulting for NLP services such as custom applications, collaborations or other NLP expertise provision is available.

Let the REDCap experts do the work for you. We will take your requirements and build your database or survey for you. We can do branching logic, calculations, scheduled surveys, and reminders – everything REDCap can do we have the experience to do it for you.

Perhaps REDCap does 95 percent of what you want but you would like it to do a little more? We can create custom programming solutions using REDCap and its API (automated programming interface) or using other methods deemed reasonable. Development staff will take your requirements and turn them into something new.

To start your ideal project, include Biomedical Informatics IT Staffing in your SPARCRequest.