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  • About Us
    6/15/26

    The Institute for Healthcare Informatics is a secure computing center for BTC researchers that holds electronic health record and claims data for the vast majority of the Western New York population. 

    View our team here.

  • Electronic Health Record (EHR) Datasets
    6/15/26

    Researchers and healthcare professionals can access our data repository which holds EHR data for the vast majority of the Western New York population.

  • Services and Support
    6/15/26

    The Institute for Healthcare Informatics offers a range of services and support to researchers.

  • Supporting Clinical Trials
    6/15/26

    The Institute for Healthcare Informatics actively supports clinical trials and streamlines the research process through various initiatives.

The Institute for Healthcare Informatics (IHI) is dedicated to improving the health of communities locally, nationally, and globally through the secure storage, aggregation, provision, and innovative analysis of healthcare data. We collaborate with researchers to provide them with the necessary tools and support to conduct groundbreaking research. 

For inquiries about accessing Electronic Health Record datasets, please reach out to us via the CTSI service request portal.

Institute for Healthcare Informatics Executive Director
Peter Winkelstein, MD, MS, MBA.
“ The amount and types of data available for research have increased dramatically in recent years. Enabling investigators to use that data, and understanding what questions they want to ask of the data, is tremendously valuable to the advancement of healthcare.  ”
6/15/26

Peter Winkelstein, MD, MS, MBA