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Medical Product Assessments

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Data and Surveillance Tools

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Communications

Network of Collaborators

Sentinel brings together public, academic and private organizations that provide access to healthcare data and expertise.

Data at a Glance

The Sentinel Distributed Database is comprised of quality-checked electronic data held by 18 partner organizations.

Statistical Methods

Sentinel explores the application of a wide range of methods to enhance medical product safety assessment.

Featured Postings

Spotlight

Public Sentinel Training at FDA - Day 2 of the Eleventh Annual Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop

Tue, 03/19/2019
Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop & Training

Fri, 02/01/2019
Medicare Claims Synthetic Public Use Files in Sentinel Common Data Model Format

Wed, 04/25/2018

Publications and Presentations

The Devil's in the Details: Reports on Reproducibility in Pharmacoepidemiologic Studies

Wed, 03/06/2019

Modular Programs and Summary Tables

Characteristics of Gout Patients and Use of Urate-Lowering Therapies

Fri, 03/22/2019
SGLT-2 Inhibitor Use and Incidence of Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

Tue, 03/19/2019
Utilization Patterns of Obesity Drugs

Tue, 03/19/2019

Ongoing Projects

Examining the Ability to Conduct Influenza Antiviral Effectiveness Studies in Sentinel by Improving Confounding Control

Thu, 03/21/2019

Data and Tools

Data Quality Review and Characterization Programs v5.0.0

Mon, 03/04/2019
Routine Querying System Documentation (version 7.3.0)

Wed, 03/20/2019
Sentinel Common Data Model v7.0.0

Wed, 10/31/2018