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Building and InnovatinG Digital HeAlth Technology and Analytics (BIGDATA)

Millions of Clinical Data Points

The UAB P30 BIGDATA Center, funded by the National Institutes of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases (NIAMS), integrates digital health data, informatics, and advanced analytics to improve outcomes for patients with rheumatologic, musculoskeletal, and skin diseases.

BIGDATA Center is in the Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology Opens an external link.
1,000,000

Patients

700

Providers

125,000+

Provider Visits Each Month

BIGDATA brings innovative health information technology tools and methods to effectively advance the NIAMS mission.

  

How does the BIGDATA Center accomplish this?

Our center uses a Tri-Core Integrated Research Process to receive, review and resource your project needs. These cores are: The Administrative, Methods and Health Informatics (MHI) and the Dissemination, Implementation, and Community Engagement (DICE) Cores. These Cores are designed to harness digital health data from devices such as smartphone apps and wearble activity devices, along with informatics, real-world data and advanced analytics, and community engagement to improve outcomes for patients diagnosed with rheumatologic, musculoskeletal, and skin diseases.

Tri-core Research Process graphic 

Step One — Request a BIGDATA Consultation

 

Step Two — Complete Initial Review and Resource Need Assessment 

 

Step Three — Executive Committee Review and Personalized Resource Plan

 


 


Interested in using BIGDATA resources for a specific research project?

We are available to receive your research resource requests now, just fill out the form below. 

 

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BIGDATA Center is in the Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology.
 

**Please remember to cite P30 BIGDATA core grant NIH P30AR072583 in your manuscripts, abstracts, and presentations that utilized core services.**