Biomedical Engineering Reference
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TABLE 17.1 ca BIG Supported Knowledge Centers and Their Host Institutions
Knowledge Center
Host Institution
Clinical Trials Management Systems
Duke University Comprehensive Cancer
Center (prime)
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer
Center (Northwestern)
Cancer and Leukemia Group B
Semantic Bits, Inc.
Molecular Analysis Tools
Columbia Herbert Irving Comprehensive
Cancer Center (prime)
Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
Tissue Bank and Pathology Tools
Siteman Cancer Center, Washington
University at St. Louis
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Mayo Clinic
caGrid
Ohio State University and OSU
Comprehensive Cancer Center (prime)
University of Chicago
Argonne National Laboratory
Data Sharing and Intellectual Capital
University of Michigan
capability areas: help desk support, adaptation and enhancement of caBIG-
compatible software applications, deployment support for caBIG software
applications, and documentation and training materials and services.
Organizations that meet these standards are eligible to receive a license that
allows them to use the caBIG trademark to indicate their status as an SSP in
marketing and other communications. The NCI does not support SSPs; all
work performed as caBIG SSPs is paid for by other organizations that have
decided to utilize the SSP's offerings. New applications for caBIG SSP are
accepted on a regular basis. More information on the SSP program is available
at the caBIG website: https://cabig.nci.nih.gov/esn/service_providers .
17.7
CANCER CENTER DEPLOYMENT
Ultimately, caBIG technology is most useful when it is deployed broadly
across the cancer research enterprise. Although caBIG technology is open
source (and hence free from software licensing costs) and while many caBIG
applications can be deployed on laptops, it is designed to be enterprise
software. When deployed to support an enterprise, it requires standard types
of IT infrastructure (servers, connectivity, administrative staff, etc.) to function.
Further, a decision to deploy and support enterprise systems should be coupled
with an enterprisewide review of biomedical informatics needs to ensure that
scarce resources are appropriately utilized.
To support this goal, the NCI Cancer Centers Branch, the National
Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP), and caBIG partnered to
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