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May, 2011 – Artificial Intelligence In Medicine (AIM) Announces Hollings Cancer Center caGRID Connection Artificial Intelligence In Medicine Inc. (AIM), is pleased to announce that Hollings Cancer Center, a leader in cancer research and patient care, is now connected to caGrid, to enable the exchange of de–identified data between researchers. Hollings Cancer Center utilizes AIM's state–of–the–art TissueMetrix, an integrated database application system that enables researchers to build and maintain comprehensive biospecimen repositories. Key to the Hollings Cancer Center TissueMetrix caGrid connection is the use of the "caBIG® CBM Adaptor." This capability automatically extracts inventory information from the Hollings TissueMetrix database and transforms it according to the Common Biorepository Model (CBM). AIM and Hollings have partnered in testing, providing feedback to caBIG®, and making their data available on caGrid for the early version of CBM. That information is now available to researchers on caGRID via AIM's TissueMetrix WebService Interface. Users of caBIG® can view a summary of the Hollings specimen collections in inventory by using several tools, including the forthcoming 2011 NCI Specimen Resource Locator Portal. This approved data sharing model (caBIG®'s CBM 1.0 expected in May 2011) utilizes a common data dictionary and enables electronic communication of data between scientists at multiple sites. This mechanism will help make it easier to meet best practices for interoperability which are part of the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Best Practices for Biospecimen Resources (http://biospecimens.cancer.gov/practices/), developed under the NCI Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research (OBBR). Hollings Cancer Center, a division of the Medical University of South Carolina, is located in Charleston, South Carolina. This facility was named after former U.S. senator and state governor Ernest Hollings. Hollings is the only NCI–designated Cancer Center in South Carolina and one of 65 facilities with this status in the United States. "Hope" is the driving force for the center's researchers. Innovations for preventative and treatment strategies are personalized for every cancer patient. Hollings Cancer Center treats about 80,000 patients annually and has become a world leader in cancer research and patient care. caBIG® – the Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid program – is an endeavor of the NCI, which is a division of the National Institutes of Health (HHS) and is sustained by the Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (NCI CBIIT). caBIG® is a voluntary virtual informatics network connecting data, research tools, scientists and organizations. CaGrid, the underlying IT framework of caBIG®, provides the infrastructure needed for the secure sharing of protected data amongst researchers and scientists. caGrid was designed to enhance dynamic communication between collaborators and to allow intra– and inter–institutional distribution of both laboratory and clinical cancer–associated data and resources. AIM, a Toronto based software engineering firm incorporated in 1983, focuses on the design, development and deployment of information systems for the healthcare industry; specifically cancer control informatics. Clients include cancer agencies across Canada and the U.S., hospitals, commercial medical laboratories and research facilities. AIM has developed a wide range of applications including TissueMetrix. For more information, contact:
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