The first step was to revamp Intermountain's database to better link patient records at its hospitals and clinics to track how well each patient was faring in various measures of care, such as whether heart patients were getting the right drugs.

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When this is complete, it will link the Sloan's database with those of Hubble, Chandra and several other sky surveys now being conducted.

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Jude continued its assault on the Hauser article by issuing a press release and posting a link to findings from the MAUDE database.

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Middleware is the link that connects applications to the database.

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