1 Empirica Healthcare Analysis Overview

This chapter includes the following sections:

• Introduction to the Empirica Healthcare Analysis software

• Assumptions

• Physical configuration options

• Components of the installation package

Introduction to the Empirica Healthcare Analysis software

The Empirica Healthcare Analysis software is a data analysis environment for exploring multiple sources of the following types of data:

• Population-based temporal, clinical data, such as electronic healthcare records.

• Administrative data, such as insurance claims.

The application informs and supports pharmacovigilance, pharmacoepidemiological, and risk management activities at the following organizations:

• Life sciences organizations, such as pharmaceutical and drug safety regulatory organizations.

• Healthcare organizations, such as payer and provider organizations.

Assumptions

This guide assumes familiarity with the following activities:

• Setting Linux file permissions.

• Administering WebLogic.

• Configuring Linux services.

• Setting up and configuring the Oracle Database.

Physical configuration options

The Empirica Healthcare Analysis software is typically installed in a two-tier configuration, using separate database server and application server machines. The provisioning and basic setup of the two systems is outside the scope of this document.

Components of the installation package

The installation package contains the following components.

File	Description
Healthcare_Install.tar.gz	Components for installing the Empirica Healthcare Analysis software.
Healthcare-1_0_1_0_XXX.zip	Build that you install, where XXX is the build number.
Database.zip	Scripts for setting up the Empirica Healthcare Analysis database account.