2023
Blockchain-enabled immutable, distributed, and highly available clinical research activity logging system for federated COVID-19 data analysis from multiple institutions
Kuo T, Pham A, Edelson M, Kim J, Chan J, Gupta Y, Ohno-Machado L, Anderson D, Balacha C, Bath T, Baxter S, Becker-Pennrich A, Bell D, Bernstam E, Ngan C, Day M, Doctor J, DuVall S, El-Kareh R, Florian R, Follett R, Geisler B, Ghigi A, Gottlieb A, Hinske L, Hu Z, Ir D, Jiang X, Kim K, Kim J, Knight T, Koola J, Kuo T, Lee N, Mansmann U, Matheny M, Meeker D, Mou Z, Neumann L, Nguyen N, Nick A, Ohno-Machado L, Park E, Paul P, Pletcher M, Post K, Rieder C, Scherer C, Schilling L, Soares A, SooHoo S, Soysal E, Steven C, Tep B, Toy B, Wang B, Wu Z, Xu H, Yong C, Zheng K, Zhou Y, Zucker R. Blockchain-enabled immutable, distributed, and highly available clinical research activity logging system for federated COVID-19 data analysis from multiple institutions. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2023, 30: 1167-1178. PMID: 36916740, PMCID: PMC10198529, DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocad049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFederated data analysisUser activity logsSmart contract deploymentRun-time efficiencyData analysis systemData analysis activitiesActivity logsData discoveryQuerying timeBlockchain systemBlockchain technologyNetwork transactionsCOVID-19 data analysisMultiple institutionsLow deploymentBlockchainGitHub repositoryMultiple nodesLarge networksQueriesAnalysis activitiesHigh availabilityLanguage codeBaseline solutionData analysis
2015
VERTIcal Grid lOgistic regression (VERTIGO)
Li Y, Jiang X, Wang S, Xiong H, Ohno-Machado L. VERTIcal Grid lOgistic regression (VERTIGO). Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2015, 23: 570-579. PMID: 26554428, PMCID: PMC4901373, DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocv146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFederated data analysisReal-world medical classification problemsMedical classification problemsLogistic regression algorithmAccurate global modelData setsReal data setsClassification problemExchange of informationLR problemTime complexityComputational complexityExpensive operationRegression algorithmComputational costData analysisAlgorithmDual optimizationTechnical challengesLarge amountComplexityPatient recordsLR modelNovel techniqueHessian matrix