The search engine for
healthcare databases
B.R.I.D.G.E. TO DATA® is Your Connection to Healthcare Databases Worldwide - a unique non-profit online reference describing population healthcare databases for use in epidemiology and health outcomes research.
Drawing on decades of experience with databases, we developed this tool to allow users to identify key features and compare database profiles. This resource also serves as an educational tool for public health research and as a template for health systems planners to design or refine their healthcare data.
        
Benefits
Global

A centralized worldwide compendium of population database profiles

Comprehensive

In-depth database details, approved by database managers

Timely

Constantly growing number of up-to-date profiles

Structured

Efficient side-by-side comparison and analysis

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Key Database Features
Types of databases include:

• Longitudinal EMR and claims
• Drug or disease specific cohorts
• Registries
• National surveys
• National surveillance systems
• Spontaneous reporting systems

170+ standardized database profiles
75 defined data fields
Profiles from 24 countries
Continuously updated
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A summary of B.R.I.D.G.E. contents, features, and benefits

What our customers say

Congratulations for building B.R.I.D.G.E. TO DATA! Our recent exploration of available databases for the study of medications in pregnancy has given me firsthand experience of how difficult it can be to identify an appropriate database!

Susan Sinclair Roberts, PhD, Assistant Professor, Clinical Research Program UNCW, Wilmington, NC

The number of databases featured continues to grow at a rapid pace, and each profile is complete.

Vickie Pon, PharmD candidate, Health Sciences and Policy Research Pathway Student at UCSF School of Pharmacy, San Francisco Bay Area, CA

B.R.I.D.G.E. TO DATA has been very helpful for initial screening data sources for a potential epi study. It provides broad, thorough, and detailed information on each database listed in the system. It has been a wonderful tool to have, especially for feasibility evaluation.

Jihong Zong, MD, PhD, Director, Pharmacoepidemiology, Sanofi-aventis

What's new

5/18/12: Poster & exhibit - ISPOR 17th Annual International Meeting
Visit us at Booth 17/18 at ISPOR, June 2-6, 2012, Washington, D.C. See our poster June 5, 2012 (3:45 - 7:45 pm) ... more »
5/11/12: One Japanese and one US database profile uploaded
BRIDGE has added 2 more profiles to its compendium: Clinical Data Warehouse of Osaka University Hospital (Japan); and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) (USA)  ... more »
5/4/12: 1 U.S. and 1 Estonian profile added
If you are a subscriber, check out the 2 new database profiles we have just uploaded: Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study (USA); Estonian Cancer Registry (Estonia) ... more »
4/27/12: 2 new profiles added
We have just uploaded 2 new database profiles: Japanese Breast Cancer Registry (Japan); EMSYCAR (UK)  ... more »
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