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Biopathology CenterThe Research Institute at Nationwide

Children’s Hospital

Dave Billiter, MBA, PMPDirector-Research Informatics Core

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Agenda

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Biopathology Center

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Biopathology Center

• Biobanking• Biospecimen processing (procurement, testing, distribution, QA)• Informatics (data collection and distribution, biospecimen inventory,

virtual microscopy, interactions with SDC and CG disease committees )• Regulatory issues (CAP/CLIA certifications, MTA, informed consents,

HIPAA)• Interactions with the Cooperative Group structure (SDC, Disease

committees, Group Chair)• Disaster recovery initiatives (biospecimens, data)• Personnel (PhDs, MDs, MBAs, histotechnologist, medical technologists,

biomedical engineers, computer scientists, electrical engineers, college students, sponsor project officers)

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Biopathology Center

• Central receiving– Specimens received (from >500 national and

international institutions): fresh, frozen, FFPE, formalin fixed, blood, blood products, bone marrow, urine• COG: 88 protocols (open and closed)• GOG: 50 protocols (open and closed)

– Receive Federal Express shipments Monday through Saturday• 70 to 100 packages a day (>1,000 biospecimens

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End Goal

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Workflows/Data Flows

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Data Dictionaries

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Current Solutions

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Recommendations

• Utilities/Tools focused on Non-Informatics/IT-Ex. CDE Mapper (UI)-Ex. Templates (.xls)

• Refactor CDE Browser (User-Friendly)-Ex. Ajax/JSON functionality

• EDUCATION and OUTREACH!

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THANK YOU!