Measures: A look inside the NIH IT budget
The largest NIH IT initiative with an annual funding level of $372M is the NIH IT Infrastructure program which consists of network infrastructure, cyber security, office automation, help desk support, and telecommunications. This program supports all of NIH’s Institutes and Centers.
Source: OMB
Other NIH programs of interest can be categorized as Clinical Systems; Administrative Support; and IT Management.
Clinical Systems –
- Clinical Research Information System (CRIS) for medical order entry, clinical documentation
- NIH Biomedical Translational Research Information System (BTRIS) warehousing system
- NCI Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP) which provides Informatics and computer support for clinical trials
Administrative Support–
- NIH OD Electronic Research Administration (eRA) for grant support and administration;
- NIH OD NIH Business System (NBS) to support financial core operations systems;
- NIH Business Intelligence System (NBIS) or data warehouse.
IT Management –
- IT Security Program for formulating Policies, Procedures and Guidelines; Certification and Accreditation; Computer Security Training; Incident Response;
- IT Capital Planning and Investment Control Program;
- Enterprise Architecture Program
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