Introduction to PIC-SURE

Patient Information Commons: Standard Unification of Research Elements (PIC-SURE) is a platform that integrates clinical and genomic datasets from multiple data sources to allow researchers to search for data, apply filters, and explore data from selected cohorts of patients.

PIC-SURE can be explored on the demo site here: https://nhanes.hms.harvard.edu/

This site uses publicly available data to demonstrate key PIC-SURE functionality:

• National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

  • The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) collects data about the health of adults and children in the United States. Learn more at the CDC's NHANES website here.

• The 1000 Genomes Project

  • The 1000 Genomes Project created a catalogue of common human genetic variation, using openly consented samples from people who declared themselves to be healthy. Learn more at the International Genome Sample Resource's 1000 Genomes website here.

• Synthea

  • Synthea is an open-source, synthetic patient generator that models the medical history of synthetic patients. Learn more about the Synthea dataset at their website here.