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ArticleEGEMS (Washington, DC)2014

Development of a web service for analysis in a distributed network.

Xiaoqian Jiang, Yuan Wu, Keith Marsolo, Lucila Ohno-Machado

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Article in EGEMS (Washington, DC), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaoqian JiangUniversity of California, San Diego.
Yuan WuDuke University.
Keith MarsoloCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
Lucila Ohno-MachadoUniversity of California, San Diego.
University of California, San Diego · USCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USDuke University · US

Funding

San Diego Clinical and Translational Research InstituteUL1TR000100 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI FIRESTEIN, GARY S · 2012 to 2015
$19.7M
iDASH: Integrating Data for Analysis, Anonymization, and SharingU54HL108460 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI OHNO-MACHADO, LUCILA · 2010 to 2015
$19.1M
SCANNER: Scalable National Network for Effectiveness ResearchR01HS019913 · AHRQ · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI OHNO-MACHADO, LUCILA · 2010 to 2010
$8.3M
Protection of Records: Privacy (PReP) Technology for Medical ResearchR00LM011392 · NLM · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI JIANG, XIAOQIAN · 2013 to 2015
$650k
AHRQ HHS R01 HS019913NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000100NHLBI NIH HHS U54 HL108460NLM NIH HHS R00 LM011392
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveWe describe functional specifications and practicalities in the software development process for a web service that allows the construction of the multivariate logistic regression model, Grid Logistic Regression (GLORE), by aggregating partial estimates from distributed sites, with no exchange of patient-level data.

backgroundWe recently developed and published a web service for model construction and data analysis in a distributed environment. This recent paper provided an overview of the system that is useful for users, but included very few details that are relevant for biomedical informatics developers or network security personnel who may be interested in implementing this or similar systems. We focus here on how the system was conceived and implemented.

methodsWe followed a two-stage development approach by first implementing the backbone system and incrementally improving the user experience through interactions with potential users during the development. Our system went through various stages such as concept proof, algorithm validation, user interface development, and system testing. We used the Zoho Project management system to track tasks and milestones. We leveraged Google Code and Apache Subversion to share code among team members, and developed an applet-servlet architecture to support the cross platform deployment. DISCUSSION: During the development process, we encountered challenges such as Information Technology (IT) infrastructure gaps and limited team experience in user-interface design. We figured out solutions as well as enabling factors to support the translation of an innovative privacy-preserving, distributed modeling technology into a working prototype.

conclusionUsing GLORE (a distributed model that we developed earlier) as a pilot example, we demonstrated the feasibility of building and integrating distributed modeling technology into a usable framework that can support privacy-preserving, distributed data analysis among researchers at geographically dispersed institutes.

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PMID25848586
PMCPMC4371401
OpenAlexW1993936764

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