Introduction
For a quick introduction to PSL, see presentations by Kohane and McMurry.
For a complete technical description of PSL, see papers by McMurry and Drake.
Software Overview
PSL extracts, transforms, and loads Free Text and Coded Pathology Data into a de-identified format which can be searched across multiple hospitals.
PSL requires the following open.med modules:
With the specimen data is loaded, an investigator may SEARCH THE PATHOLOGY ARCHIVES to find and request human tissue samples.
Architecture Diagram
Below is a summary "picture" that show 4 hospitals getting "loaded up" with specimen data and then searched with increasing level of access as necessary.
IRB approval is required for only the limited subset of patient specimens located.
