Technology and Innovation

Our Technology & Innovation team at DARTNet Institute bridges advanced data technology with healthcare to empower clinics with valuable insights and streamlined operations. From data integration and transformation to custom application development, we support a range of healthcare needs, enabling clinics to make data-driven decisions for better patient outcomes.

Security and Privacy Compliance

Data Security

Ensuring the security and confidentiality of patient data is a top priority. All data handling processes are HIPAA-compliant, and additional measures like data de-identification and encryption are applied to protect sensitive information.

Privacy Standards

Beyond HIPAA, we follow best practices to comply with any additional regulations relevant to our data handling, ensuring data is processed and stored securely.

Research & Clinical Support

Supporting Clinic Operations

Our team provides customized data support for a network of clinics, ensuring they have access to clean, reliable data. This includes regular updates, data quality checks, and access to real-time data to facilitate day-to-day patient management.

Research Enablement

By processing and organizing data, we enable research teams to explore critical insights into patient care trends, treatment effectiveness, and health outcomes. REDCap can be employed for specialized data collection needs, such as patient surveys or electronic informed consent for clinical trials.

Custom Applications and Dashboards

We collaborate with clinics to create tailored solutions like patient management applications and specialized dashboards. These tools are built using frameworks like React and are designed to fit the unique needs of each clinic, from patient check-in systems to clinical trial tracking.

Data Integration and Management

Our team collaborates with clinics, healthcare providers, and researchers to collect and harmonize data from multiple Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems and databases. By cleaning and standardizing this data we ensure consistency and compatibility across various healthcare platforms. Leveraging DARTNet’s advance aggregation capabilities, we enable large-scale analysis producing actionable insights that support healthcare innovation and improvement.

REDCap Support for Custom Surveys and Informed Consent

In addition to standard data integration, DARTNet offers a custom REDCap solution that enables clinics to efficiently create and manage:
    1. Patient Surveys: Capture patient-reported outcomes and feedback to enhance clinical understanding.
    2. Informed Consent Forms: Streamline consent management for research and clinical trials, ensuring compliance and efficiency.

Data Process

Data Extraction: We receive data from a variety of research and clinical sources, including electronic health records (EHRs), lab results, and patient demographics. By supporting different extraction approaches, DARTNet ensures data consistency across studies while allowing providers control over their data.
DARTNet’s flexible data extraction models accommodate the diverse technical capabilities of healthcare providers, allowing more facilities to participate in research:
Model 1: Centralized Extraction
Model 2: Third-Party Vendor Extraction
Model 3: Direct Data Pulls

Data Standardization

Data Standardization: Using advanced data mapping and standardization techniques, DARTNet harmonizes data from disparate sources. Each data point, from patient demographics to lab results, is aligned to standardized vocabularies, such as ICD codes for diagnoses or SNOMED for clinical terms. This data is transformed into the OMOP (Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership) Common Data Model. This ensures that information from different systems is compatible, enabling cross-institutional research studies.

Data Linkage and Enrichment

Data Linkage and Enrichment: For studies requiring longitudinal data, DARTNet links records from various sources while preserving patient privacy. This helps researchers analyze patient outcomes over time and enriches datasets with additional insights, such as linking clinical data to social determinants of health.

Data Visualization and Predictive Analytics

DARTNet empowers healthcare providers and researchers with real-time data visualization and predictive analytics tools. These visualizations turn complex data into actionable insights, supporting clinical decision-making, patient outcome predictions, and health trend analyses.

Real-Time Dashboards

DARTNet provides interactive dashboards where users can view key metrics like patient demographics, health outcomes, and treatment efficacy. These dashboards are designed to update in real time, offering users a live view of their data and enabling faster decision-making in clinical settings.

Predictive Analytics and AI-Driven Insights

Using AI algorithms, DARTNet identifies patterns and potential risk factors within the data. For instance, predictive models can help foresee patient outcomes, detect trends in chronic disease management, and even alert providers to high-risk patient groups.

Data Storytelling for Healthcare

DARTNet incorporates data storytelling elements, simplifying complex data into visual narratives. This makes the data accessible and understandable, allowing clinicians and policymakers to interpret findings at a glance.

REDCap Data Integration for Enhanced Reporting

Data collected through REDCap, such as patient feedback or survey data, can be visualized and incorporated into customized dashboards, providing clinics with a more comprehensive view of patient engagement and clinical outcomes.

Custom Solutions for Clinical Needs

Application Development

We create custom applications tailored to each clinic’s workflow, such as patient management systems that streamline check-in and update processes.

Data-Driven Tools

From data extraction and transformation to visualization, our custom solutions are designed to enhance clinic operations, improve patient experience, and support better healthcare delivery.

Collaboration with Clinics

We work closely with each clinic to ensure that our tools and applications fit seamlessly into their existing workflows, providing support for setup, training, and ongoing maintenance.

Supplementary REDCap-Based Solutions

For clinics needing specialized survey capabilities, we offer REDCap as a supplementary solution, ideal for capturing patient-reported outcomes, consent forms, and custom research data that can be integrated into other clinical tools.