BENEFITS

For Researchers

The DiseaseLink Knowledge Base enables researchers to easily and cost-effectively select from an extensive taxonomy of data elements to create a customized information model with structured vocabulary to serve as the foundation of an integrated data environment. Together, the DiseaseLink Knowledge Base and KnowledgeCapture Software Development Kit (SDK) and Modeling Methodology create a powerful data capture technology that includes software and services to structure and standardize data collection efforts across an enterprise.

Our BIGR® (Biomaterials and Information for Genomics Research) software employs KnowledgeCapture functionality to facilitate the collection and management of large, diverse and distributed repositories of biomaterials. Click on the link at the left to watch an overview of BIGR.

Features and Benefits

DiseaseLink Knowledge Base

  • A robust library of nearly 3,000 preformed structured data elements and corresponding structured value sets, ready for use.
  • 75 disease models that specify the data elements and values of greatest interest to researchers, covering all medical specialties.
  • Reduce the cost and resources required to identify and construct, de novo, a set of disease-specific data elements.
  • Improve productivity by providing a common information and software platform for data capture and retrieval across the lab, center or enterprise.

KnowledgeCapture Software Development Kit (SDK) and Modeling Methodology

  • Easily respond to data requirement changes through facile modification of information specifications and regeneration of forms.
  • Rapidly add new data collection forms to existing suites with no disruption to ongoing operations - all based on a central information model, database schema, and data element taxonomy.
  • Ensure security, integrity and reliability of data repositories and associated application components with a validated software and data warehouse environment.
  • Reduce the cost and time-to-delivery because nearly all of the data collection system is automatically generated, rather than hand coded.