SHRINE User Guide

Contents

Basics

Menus and Options

Accessing SHRINE

Submitting a Query Topic Request

Constructing a Query

Working with Query Results

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Harvard Catalyst developed the Shared Health Research Information Network (SHRINE) to support researchers when planning and performing population-based research, such as compiling large groups of well-characterized patients or repeating study results. Qualified investigators can use the SHRINE web-based Query Tool to determine the aggregate total number of patients at participating hospitals who meet a given set of criteria using both inclusion and exclusion logic. Characteristics on which you can query include demographics, diagnoses, medications, and selected laboratory values. Because counts are aggregated, patient privacy is protected.

This guide describes the SHRINE Query Tool, including how to register for use, log in to SHRINE, request a Query Topic, and construct a query. Harvard Catalyst provides a full set of guides to support use of SHRINE: