title: Slim-prim: a biomedical informatics database to promote translational research.
abstract: With the current national emphasis on translational research, data-exchange systems that can bridge the basic and clinical sciences are vital. To meet this challenge, we have developed Slim-Prim, an integrated data system (IDS) for collecting, processing, archiving, and distributing basic and clinical research data. Slim-Prim is accessed via user-friendly Web-based applications, thus increasing data accessibility and eliminating the security risks inherent with office or laboratory servers. Slim-Prim serves as a laboratory management interface and archival data repository for institutional projects. Importantly, multiple levels of controlled access allow HIPAA-compliant sharing of de-identified information to facilitate data sharing and analysis across research domains; thus Slim-Prim encourages collaboration between researchers and clinicians, an essential factor in the development of translational research. Slim-Prim is an example of utilizing an IDS to improve organizational efficiency and to bridge the gap between laboratory discovery and practice.
authors.affiliation: Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Teeradache
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Viangteeravat
authors.forename: Ian M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: Ebony J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Furlotte
authors.forename: Somchan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vuthipadadon
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: Chanchai Singhanayok
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: McDonald
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D020407:Internet; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration