MDClone

What do you like best about MDClone?

The ADAMS platform of MDClone has a been of great usage for our healthcare data analyzing. The self-service environment enables the researchers and clinicians to search and analyze the patient data safely so that cross sectional work between the department can be performed.

What do you dislike about MDClone?

MDClone can only be utilized to some extent for powerful data manipulations and analysis. For example, based on the requirement of some specific research, one may find the in-built analytical features not very advanced.

What problems is MDClone solving and how is that benefiting you?

MDClone is the tool that erases existing partitions for authorized users and let researchers and doctors to dive into patients’ data safely and interactively. This is important for patient data which stays anonymous while the system allows critical information to be gathered.

What do you like best about MDClone?

It is the creation of synthetic data from the real data of patients, with easy implementation and ease of integration with other ERPs.

What do you dislike about MDClone?

At this moment, I have nothing to declare.

What problems is MDClone solving and how is that benefiting you?

The platform allows the analysis of large volumes of data efficiently, making life easier for scientists, doctors, and its users.

What do you like best about MDClone?

At our institution, before we implemented MDClone, researchers and other consumers of clinical data were dependent on mediators with technical expertise and access to various databases. This created a bottleneck that limited the speed and flexibility of projects dependent on data. Obtaining IRB approval also delayed many projects.

With MDClone, any end user can access clinical data according to permissions. Even before obtaining IRB approval reseachers can access synthetic data, which is statistically almost identical to the original data. This early access allows users to assess the feasibility of their proposed project by understanding both the availability and quantity of the desired data. In many cases users can perform analyses and reach insights based on synthetic data alone. (Synthetic data can also be shared freely outside our organizationn). When original data is required and IRB approval is obtained, researchers work efficiently by re-running the queries built previously. All of this is done independently, without the need for mediators.

The improvement in efficiency and flexibility can be compared to writing an email as opposed to sending a letter by post.

What do you dislike about MDClone?

MDClone is a powerful tool that enables end-users to access the data they need. But some training is required, and proficiency is gained through experience. I see this as inevitable and not a drawback of the system itself, but the effort required by the end-user is not negligible. Obviously more complex queries will require more effort.

What problems is MDClone solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have used MDClone primarily for clinical research but are beginning to explore additional purposes like quality improvement, operational management, and population health.

What do you like best about MDClone?

Electronic medical records store data that can answer many questions. Mdclone gives access to this data with relative ease.

Seeing big data from your institution helps formulate hypotheses that can be researched.

What do you dislike about MDClone?

There are still missing data points. The initial learning curve is steep.

What problems is MDClone solving and how is that benefiting you?

I can independently use all hospital records as a database.