About the Authors

Andrew J. McMurry

Andrew_McMurry@hms.harvard.edu

Affiliations Center for Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America,, i2b2 National Center for Biomedical Computing, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Bioinformatics Program, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Shawn N. Murphy

Affiliations i2b2 National Center for Biomedical Computing, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Partners Healthcare System, Research Computing, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Douglas MacFadden

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Griffin Weber

Affiliations i2b2 National Center for Biomedical Computing, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School Information Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

William W. Simons

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

John Orechia

Affiliation Clinical Research Information Technology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jonathan Bickel

Affiliations Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America,, Information Systems Department, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nich Wattanasin

Affiliation Partners Healthcare System, Research Computing, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Clint Gilbert

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Philip Trevvett

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Susanne Churchill

Affiliations i2b2 National Center for Biomedical Computing, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Partners Healthcare System, Research Computing, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Isaac S. Kohane

Affiliations Center for Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America,, i2b2 National Center for Biomedical Computing, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Developed policies and business rules for sharing medical data across hospitals: SC ISK. Prepared medical data and approvals for Partners Health Care: SNM NW. Prepared medical data and approvals for Children's Hospital Boston: JB. Prepared medical data and approvals for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: JO. Prepared medical data and approvals for Beth-Israel: GW. Analyzed the electronic health data for inclusion in the SHRINE network: AJM SNM DM GW WS JO JB NW CG PT ISK. Contributed computer programs for health data query and analysis: AJM SNM GW WS CG NW. Revised and advised the original report from author AJM: SNM DM GW WWS JO JB NW CG SC ISK. Wrote the paper: AJM.