Massachusetts Healthcare Disparities Repository (MHDR)

The Massachusetts Healthcare Disparities Repository (MHDR) is a collaborative research program between the Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center.  By leveraging advances in informatics we aim monitor the health status of the residents of the Greater Boston metropolitan area and identify opportunities to alleviate disparities in both access to care and healthcare outcomes.

The MHDR utilizes de-identified clinical patient data from Boston Medical Center and our affiliated community health centers in an i2b2 system.  This integration of the clinical data with the scalable framework of the i2b2 environment allows researchers to model healthcare access and outcomes in a graphic drag/drop interface.

The information gleaned from these queries will allow researchers to:

• Identify disparities in healthcare access and outcomes
• Develop hypotheses for future research projects
• Identify targeted public health intervention opportunities
• Track the progress of interventions and evaluate the impact of these interventions on the patient population

Follow the links below to learn more about:

• Clinical data available in the MHDR i2b2 system
• Informatics for Integrating Biology & the Bedside
• Current findings from the MHDR