Informatics Key Function Committee

Goals and Objectives

The purpose of the 2012 IKFC is to provide a forum for the critical networking and information sharing among current and future informatics leaders and innovators within the CTSA consortium.  Through Presentations and demonstrations by members, discussion of the best technologies and practices to provide the informatics infrastructure of the CTSA and lead to sharing and new collaborations.

Leadership

Subgroups

Work in Progress

• Monthly IKFC calls include one or two presentations and active discussion, including presentations from several outside groups with interests aligned to CTSAs.  
• Ongoing efforts in developing and sharing tools across the CTSA, examples include: 60 sites that adopting and collaborating on REDCap; 53 sites participating in ResearchMatch;  over 8 sites that have adopted and participate in networks of data sharing utilizing i2b2; 4 sites collaborating on a multiplatform cohort discovery tool as part of the IKFC CTSA supplement funded project; 7 sites that are participating with Eagle-I in the development of a resource sharing network; Over 40 institutions that have Research Networking tools

Meeting Frequency

The Informatics Key Function Committee meets the 1st Friday of every month 1-2 p.m. EDT via web conference.

ListServs

General Documents

• CTSA Informatics Key Function Committee Governance Affinity Groups and Working Groups

Meeting Documents

• open-i Presentations

• Meeting Summary
• ResearchMatch Presentation

• Services Oriented ArchitectureAffinity Group Update
• Meeting Summary