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Cross‐Network Directory Service: Infrastructure to Enable Collaborations Across Distributed Research Networks

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    Existing large‐scale distributed health data networks are disconnected even as they address related questions of healthcare research and public policy. This paper describes the design and implementation of a fully functional prototype open‐source tool, the Cross‐Network Directory Service (CNDS), which addresses much of what keeps distributed networks disconnected from each other.

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    Jessica M. Malenfant, Jenny Hochstadt, Bridget Nolan, Kimberly Barrett, Dean Corriveau, Daniel Dee, Marcelline Harris, Chayim Herzig‐Marx, Vinit P. Nair, Zachary Wyner, Jeffrey S. Brown

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    Jessica M. Malefant, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA. Email: jessica_malenfant@harvardpilgrim.org