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. (NOTE: This site does not contain any proprietary data or actual datasets from any healthcare database.)
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
Valuable resource for research companies
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Access a specialized glossary
Contact our staff
Scan recent publications & administrative contacts for each database
Archive searches & create your own database collections
Search & Compare standardized profiles side-by-side
Access most up-to-date profiles verified by database managers
Identify population healthcare databases worldwide
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
- Tissue/Blood
- Genomic/Pharmacogenetic
~325 standardized database profiles
135 defined data fields
Profiles from 42 countries
Regularly updated
What our customers say
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I highly recommend researchers in the field of pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacoeconomics, and related disciplines to use B.R.I.D.G.E. TO DATA to identify a suitable database which will meet the needs of their research. Also pharmaceutical companies should look more often at the databases described by B.R.I.D.G.E. if they are required to conduct PASS studies.
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What's new
HPHC is a non-profit regional health plan providing medical insurance/administering insurance benefits for >2.7 million members; over 80% of members also have full pharmacy coverage.
For the second half of July 2020 we are offering a 20% discount to new subscribers who purchase a 10+ user subscription, Global subscription, or B.R.I.D.G.E.
See some new information in a profile? In addition to regularly updating data in the existing fields of profiles, we also add new elements.
The Hospital Marketing Services Ltd. (HMSL) is a Patient Diary Study collecting summary patient information about the treatment of patients by the secondary care physician.