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Oracle® Health Sciences Empirica Healthcare Analysis Installation Guide Installation Guide Release 1.0.2.1 E71220-01 |
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# 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-Y_Y_Y_Y_XXX.zip` | Build that you install, where Y_Y_Y_Y is the release number, such as 1_0_0_0, and XXX is the build number.
`Database.zip` | Scripts for setting up the Empirica Healthcare Analysis database account.