- i2b2 is an open-source clinical data warehousing and analytics research platform used at over 250 locations worldwide. i2b2 enables sharing, integration, standardization, and analysis of heterogenous data from healthcare and research.
- The i2b2 Community is a life-sciences-focused open-source, open-data community. This wiki is the central place for the i2b2 Community to communicate and share projects with other users. Here you will find the latest information on the i2b2 Software, what others in the community are doing, and find resources to help answer any questions you may have about the i2b2.
- i2b2 is part of the i2b2 tranSMART Foundation, which brings together an NIH-funded enterprise clinical research platform (i2b2) and pharma-developed software for translational research studies (tranSMART).
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- Project Management
- Core Server Side i2b2 Cell
- This cell is used to provide user authentication and manage group and role information. It also keeps track of what cells are part of the hive.
Installation Guide
Messaging Guide
Design Document
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- Ontology Management
- Core Server Side i2b2 Cell
- This cell manages the terminology and knowledge information typically used in the hive. It is contacted for, or distributes knowledge to, cells during most of the hives transactions.
Installation Guide
Messaging Guide
Design Document
Architecture Document
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- Data Repository (CRC)
- Core Server Side i2b2 Cell
- This cell holds the phenotypic and genotypic data of the hive in a structured format. Data queries and visualizations are available through this cell.
Installation Guide
Messaging Guide
Design Document
Architecture Document
Plugin Analysis Document
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- Workplace Framework
- Core Server Side i2b2 Cell
- This cell is used to process information in steps through various parts of the hive. Most processed information will come to reside in the Data Repository Cell or as a display to the user.
Installation Guide
Messaging Guide
Design Document
Architecture Document
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- i2b2 Web Client
- The i2b2 Web Client is a collection of client-side components designed as an YUI AJAX-based plug-ins that communicate with i2b2 Cells and allow the investigator to query and display the data of the hive.
Install Guide
Project Request Guide
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- i2b2 Hive
- The Hive is a collection of software modules that create a system to allow the use of patient data for research.
i2b2 Hive Introduction
i2b2 Message Wrapper
i2b2 Patient Data Object
- i2b2 Workbench
- The i2b2 Workbench is a collection of client-side components designed as Eclipse-based java plug-ins that communicate with i2b2 Cells and allow the investigator to query, analyze, and display the data of the hive, generally in greater depth than the web client.
Installation Guide
Tutorial Document
Developer's Guide
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- File Repository
- Core Server Side i2b2 Cell
- This cell holds large files of data including radiological images and genetic sequences. The files are generally referenced from the Data Repository Cell.
Installation Guide
Messaging Guide
Architecture Document
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- Identity Management
- Core Server Side i2b2 Cell
- This cell is used to manage a patient's protected health information in a manner consistent with the HIPAA privacy rule. Patient data is available only as a HIPAA defined "Limited Data Set" to most of the hive.
Installation Guide
Messaging Guide
Design Document
Architecture Document
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Older Announcements:i2b2 Log4j Vulnerability UpdateNone of the versions of i2b2 are using the affected (vulnerable) version of Log4j. For versions prior to 1.7.13, a patch is available to remove the features in Log4j with security flaws. i2b2 1.7.13 has been upgraded to the latest version of Log4J.Consortium for Clinical Characterization of Covid-19 by EHR (4CE)4CE is an international consortium for electronic health record (EHR) data-driven studies of the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of this effort—led by the i2b2 international academics users group—is to inform doctors, epidemiologists and the public about COVID-19 patients with data acquired through the health care process. |