SemanticBits

SemanticBits provides information technology solutions in the medical informatics and bioinformatics domains.  We are experts at both biomedical informatics and cutting edge software development. Our experience includes clinical trials management systems development, supporting enterprise hospital systems, and bioinformatics data systems and analysis.

Basic science data has the distinct characteristics of being both very large and having complex metadata wrapping flat, large data. We have experience managing data of this type, providing solutions that perform well in both high-demand and low-demand environments using high-throughput streaming technologies to move data and cutting edge technologies for data storage. Furthermore, we can design data warehouse solutions that integrate disparate data sources into efficient data marts that are tailored to meet your analytical needs.

SemanticBits has experience designing patient-centric portal solutions that focus on aggregating patient data from across the enterprise to give a snapshot of a patient or trial. A complimentary but completely alternate view of patient data is that for which the patient has access. SemanticBits has designed systems to collect data directly from patients themselves. These types of systems must be designed in a manner that facilitates structured data capture in a completely secure yet intuitive manner. We can extend an existing hospital system to integrate patient-centric portals or develop modular components to be leveraged in specific research or patient settings.

Whether tissue, blood, or some other biospecimen, banking is a mission critical aspect of most biomedical research organizations. SemanticBits has expertise in extending, deploying, and supporting modern biospecimen tracking systems. Furthermore, access to, and integration of biospecimen data is becoming even more essential to the continued success of clinical trials. Researchers are finding it not only convenient, but also necessary to be able to cross-link biospecimen data with clinical and basic science data.

SemanticBits has expertise providing basic science analysis tools and support in the areas of gene expression, proteomics, and genomics data. We can work with your researchers to understand your needs and tailor a system that will provide the analytical tools, computing power, and bandwidth necessary. In many cases, existing open source and commercial tools will meet their needs, and systems will need to be developed to make the biomedical data available. In other cases, it is necessary to integrate newly developed analytical algorithms in a way that makes it convenient to analyze the large amounts of data being produced by your scientists.

Clinical trial data can be captured in a variety of media, ranging among paper forms, excel spreadsheets, ad hoc databases, and commercial clinical management systems. Whether you need to migrate data to new systems, identify and deploy new CTMS components, or integrate existing components, we can work with your team and existing legacy systems to design a solution that is both compliant to federal standards and meets your changing needs.

The integration of clinical and basic science data is beginning to fuel biomedical discovery. We have implemented translational systems that provide this type of linkage and can work with you to analyze your requirements to design a system that will integrate disparate biomedical systems that are deployed across your enterprise. Key features of a translation solution include identifier management and mapping, deidentification, federated data querying, and data aggregation. We can implement a solution that streamlines access to data while providing the necessary flexibility for complex analytics.