Cohort Builder: A Software Pipeline for Generating Patient Cohorts with Predetermined Baseline Characteristics from Medical Records and Raw Ophthalmic Imaging Data.

In clinical research, the analysis of patient cohorts is a widely employed method for investigating relevant healthcare questions. The ability to automatically extract large-scale patient cohorts from hospital systems is vital in order to unlock the potential of real-world clinical data, and answer pivotal medical questions through retrospective research studies. However, existing medical data is often dispersed across various systems and databases, preventing a systematic approach to access and interoperability.