How can routine diagnostic data be used efficiently for scientific analysis? The Clinical Virology Network (CVN) demonstrates how the automated consolidation of laboratory test results creates a shared database for research and epidemiological analyses.
MEDEORA has been supporting the CVN for many years in the technical development and operation of its data infrastructure.
From Routine Diagnostics to an Interactive Dashboard
Participating medical laboratories regularly transmit their diagnostic data to the CVN in a largely automated process. The data is received daily, harmonized, and consolidated into a shared database. An automated nightly processing routine prepares the results for the interactive dashboards.
This makes it possible to analyze case counts, positivity rates, and temporal and regional trends for various pathogens—without each laboratory having to develop its own analysis platform.
What are the benefits for participating laboratories?
This collaboration offers immediate added value: Using their lab’s ZIP code, users can select specific test results in the publicly accessible dashboard and track their progress.
This enables laboratories to:
- graphically analyze their diagnostic results and compare them across regions,
- identify seasonal trends and notable changes,
- offer their submitters an additional information service,
- make their data more useful for scientific research.
The shared analysis infrastructure also serves as compensation for the effort the laboratories expend in providing their data.
Technical Infrastructure for Research
The CVN demonstrates how existing diagnostic data can be utilized more efficiently through standardized interfaces, automated data processing, and interactive visualization.
In this way, MEDEORA, together with the participating scientists and laboratories, is laying the technical groundwork for comparative analyses and new scientific findings.
Learn more and view dashboards:
https://public.clinical-virology.net
