Production version of biobanking information system based on caTissue Suite available for CDU researcher use. caTissue Suite allows end-users to catalogue and manage their biospecimen collections at CDU more efficiently and effectively, will permit more sophisticated analysis of existing data, and will facilitate data exchange for research studies between institutions in accordance with national standards.

Over 2,000 diabetic patients have been screened for diabetic retinopathy using telemedicine in an ongoing partnership between biomedical informatics and the Southside Coalition of community clinics. With this initiative, AXIS fulfils a stated goal in the RCTR grant of partnering with safety net clinics in order to: (1) enhance the quality of care provided to the medically underserved, and (2) learn optimal approaches for introducing informatics solutions into urban safety net settings, an area that has been under-researched.