Cambridge, Mass.-based Vivli, a nonprofit center that manages and facilitates information exchange for clinical research, teamed up with Watertown, Mass.-based technology architecture consulting firm BlueMetal to build a clinical trial research data-sharing platform.
The platform — powered by Azure, Microsoft's cloud computing platform — provides a single resources that aggregates research studies from disparate data sources. It will include a data repository, analysis tools and a search engine to provide increased transparency and access to clinical research around the world.
Vivli says it plans to launch the platform in 2018.
More articles on health IT:
Nebraska health dept., state HIE tap DrFirst to improve PDMP data
Jefferson Health partners with GE Healthcare on 8-year transformative plan