UC-Research eXchange (UC ReX)

 

Overview

The UC ReX Informatics consortium has built the first cross-campus clinical query system capable of providing aggregates (counts and descriptive statistics) across five UC health systems. The  UC ReX Data Explorer is a secure online system that enables cross-institution queries of clinical aggregate data from 15+ million de-identified records derived from patient care activities.

 

Search criteria can include demographics, diagnosis and procedure codes, top lab orders, vital status, and medications. The output of each query is a numeric count of cohorts by site that match the criteria identified in the query. The counts help investigators assess the feasibility of their study ideas by identifying whether there are sufficient numbers of prospective subjects within the UC system. This sets the stage for critically needed multicenter research efforts and quality improvement initiatives.

 

Goals

Enable researchers and quality improvement specialists to query clinical data collected at the point of care at all UC campuses for research or quality improvement purposes. 

 

UC ReX Resources & Related Links  

• University of California Research Exchange (UC ReX) 

• About UC ReX

• 2012-2013 NCATS Report recognizing UC ReX (Page 10)

• UC-ReX Initiative Honored with 2015 Golden Sautter Award 

 

Podcast: Big Data for Health

Mini Kahlon, PhD, former executive director of UCSF’s CTSI, highlights how the five University of California health systems are thinking big and have created the UC Research Exchange (UC ReX).