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Direct2Experts: a pilot national network to demonstrate interoperability among research-networking platforms.

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Weber, GM; Barnett, W; Conlon, M; Eichmann, D; Kibbe, W; Falk-Krzesinski, H; Halaas, M; Johnson, L; Meeks, E; Mitchell, D; Schleyer, T ...
Published in: J Am Med Inform Assoc
December 2011

Research-networking tools use data-mining and social networking to enable expertise discovery, matchmaking and collaboration, which are important facets of team science and translational research. Several commercial and academic platforms have been built, and many institutions have deployed these products to help their investigators find local collaborators. Recent studies, though, have shown the growing importance of multiuniversity teams in science. Unfortunately, the lack of a standard data-exchange model and resistance of universities to share information about their faculty have presented barriers to forming an institutionally supported national network. This case report describes an initiative, which, in only 6 months, achieved interoperability among seven major research-networking products at 28 universities by taking an approach that focused on addressing institutional concerns and encouraging their participation. With this necessary groundwork in place, the second phase of this effort can begin, which will expand the network's functionality and focus on the end users.

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J Am Med Inform Assoc

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EISSN

1527-974X

Publication Date

December 2011

Volume

18 Suppl 1

Issue

Suppl 1

Start / End Page

i157 / i160

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Workforce
  • Universities
  • United States
  • Translational Research, Biomedical
  • Research Personnel
  • Pilot Projects
  • Medical Informatics
  • Information Storage and Retrieval
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Computer Communication Networks
 

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Weber, G. M., Barnett, W., Conlon, M., Eichmann, D., Kibbe, W., Falk-Krzesinski, H., … Direct2Experts Collaboration, . (2011). Direct2Experts: a pilot national network to demonstrate interoperability among research-networking platforms. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 18 Suppl 1(Suppl 1), i157–i160. https://doi.org/10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000200
Weber, Griffin M., William Barnett, Mike Conlon, David Eichmann, Warren Kibbe, Holly Falk-Krzesinski, Michael Halaas, et al. “Direct2Experts: a pilot national network to demonstrate interoperability among research-networking platforms.J Am Med Inform Assoc 18 Suppl 1, no. Suppl 1 (December 2011): i157–60. https://doi.org/10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000200.
Weber GM, Barnett W, Conlon M, Eichmann D, Kibbe W, Falk-Krzesinski H, et al. Direct2Experts: a pilot national network to demonstrate interoperability among research-networking platforms. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011 Dec;18 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):i157–60.
Weber, Griffin M., et al. “Direct2Experts: a pilot national network to demonstrate interoperability among research-networking platforms.J Am Med Inform Assoc, vol. 18 Suppl 1, no. Suppl 1, Dec. 2011, pp. i157–60. Pubmed, doi:10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000200.
Weber GM, Barnett W, Conlon M, Eichmann D, Kibbe W, Falk-Krzesinski H, Halaas M, Johnson L, Meeks E, Mitchell D, Schleyer T, Stallings S, Warden M, Kahlon M, Direct2Experts Collaboration. Direct2Experts: a pilot national network to demonstrate interoperability among research-networking platforms. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011 Dec;18 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):i157–i160.
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Published In

J Am Med Inform Assoc

DOI

EISSN

1527-974X

Publication Date

December 2011

Volume

18 Suppl 1

Issue

Suppl 1

Start / End Page

i157 / i160

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Workforce
  • Universities
  • United States
  • Translational Research, Biomedical
  • Research Personnel
  • Pilot Projects
  • Medical Informatics
  • Information Storage and Retrieval
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Computer Communication Networks