Press Release 2010





FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

B.R.I.D.G.E. TO DATASM : 75+ DATABASE PROFILES “SPANNING” 15 COUNTRIES

May 7, 2010, Arlington, VA, USA – DGI, Inc., the online subscription resource of international pharmacoepidemiology and population database profiles - B.R.I.D.G.E. TO DATASM (www.bridgetodata.org), now has 75+ database and registry profiles from 15 countries. B.R.I.D.G.E. (Benefit-Risk Information for DruG Evaluations) is an updated version of the previous online subscription (BRIDGE On-LineSM  -www.dgiinc.org) and the RAD-AR (Risk Assessment of Drugs-Analysis & Response) handbooks. While the site will host about 200 profiles by December 2010, currently it contains database and registry profiles from 15 countries across Asia, Europe, North America, and New Zealand.

  What can B.R.I.D.G.E. do for you?
  • Identify database resources for:
  •         - Pharmacoepidemiology studies
            - Pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research studies
            - Descriptive studies
            - Natural history of disease studies
            - Develop teaching materials

  • Compare multiple database details

  • Find country-specific database details

  • Choose database for your study

DGI will be presenting a poster at the 15th Annual International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Meeting in Atlanta, GA, on May 17, 2010.

DGI is offering demonstrations via webinars to anyone who may be interested in potentially accessing the B.R.I.D.G.E. resource. These presentations demonstrate unique features such as keyword and field searches, relevancy-ranking & comparison of multiple database profiles, and grouping of search results. Inquiries regarding demonstrations, presentations, listing of population healthcare databases/registries, or subscription rates may be directed to:

Sharmila Kamani, Project Manager (skamani@bridgetodata.org), or
Judith K. Jones, MD, PhD, Executive Director (jkjones@bridgetodata.org)
B.R.I.D.G.E. TO DATA SM(www.bridgetodata.org) +1 703-894-0804

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