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In 2014, we described the vision of a ‘Green Button’ for using aggregate patient data at the bedside in an article in Health Affairs.
In 2015, we outlined the conceptual steps needed in realizing the green button vision, and for bringing cohort studies to the bedside.
In 2016, we built a search engine for patient timelines for rapid phenotyping to build cohorts of similar patients.
In 2017, we obtained IRB approval and support from a philanthropic foundation for a pilot run of the informatics consult service to realize the vision of the green button.
In 2018, we outlined the methods that enable the informatics consult service and wrote a perspective on why a “speciality service” and not a physical button in the EHR is the right approach for realizing our vision.
In 2019, we completed the pilot study, and are writing up the learnings from the first 100 consultations we served.
