Affiliations: [a] ENDEPUSresearch, Inc., USA | [b] University Aix Marseille, Marseille, France | [c] Department of Bioinformatics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Corresponding author: Christine C. Huttin, 1770, Massachusetts Avenue, Box 591, Cambridge, MA 02140, USA. E-mail:chris.huttin@comcast.net
Abstract: This paper is a contribution on financial sustainability
of hospital biobanks and data warehouses for biospecimens. It aims to
discuss new venues for cost models in addition to conventional cost recovery
models. It follows the first paper issues on economics of biobanking by
Huttin and Liebman, where adaptive platforms where already suggested for
biobanks in translational medicine. A case study approach is proposed in
order to identify the type of cost drivers that will be needed for
optimization of resource allocation in hospital biobanks. It can help the
collaboration with designers of ontologies for adaptive platforms, with new
data elements on costs and their measurement in different organizational
structures.
