Related References 

Reports

• Brown J, et al., Proof-of-principle evaluation of a distributed research network. Effective Health Care Research Report No. 26. (Prepared by the DEcIDE Centers at the HMO Research Network and the University of Pennsylvania Under Contract No. HHSA29020050033I T05.) Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. June 2010. Available at: http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm; 2009, AHRQ.
• Brown J, et al., Blueprint for a distributed research network to conduct population studies and safety surveillance. Effective Health Care Research Report No. 27. (Prepared by the DEcIDE Centers at the HMO Research Network and the University of Pennsylvania Under Contract No. HHSA29020050033I T05.) Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. June 2010. Available at: http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm; 2009, AHRQ.
• Brown JS, et al., Design specifications for network prototype and cooperative to conduct population-based studies and safety surveillance. Effective Health Care Research Report No. 13. (Prepared by the DEcIDE Centers at the HMO Research Network Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics and the University of Pennsylvania Under Contract No. HHSA29020050033I T05.), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Rockville, MD. Available at: http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm; 2009, AHRQ.
• Brown JS, Lane K, Moore K, Platt R. Defining and Evaluating Possible Database Models to Implement the FDA Sentinel Initiative.  Report to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Contract No. HHSF223200831315P; May 2009.  Available at http://www.fda.gov/oc/initiatives/advance/sentinel.

Manuscripts

• Maro, J.C., et al., Design of a national distributed health data network. Ann Intern Med, 2009. 151(5): p. 341-4.
• Brown, J.S., et al., Distributed health data networks: a practical and preferred approach to multi-institutional evaluations of comparative effectiveness, safety, and quality of care. Med Care. 48(6 Suppl): p. S45-51.

Websites

• PopMedNet.org
• Mini-Sentinel.org