1. A method of generating a prediction model for a health outcome of interest comprising the steps of: (a) providing more than one healthcare centers with a Model Deconstruction and Transfer (MDT) platform comprised of a variable library (VL), wherein each healthcare center enters at least one data set relevant to the health outcome of interest into the MDT platform and selects variables from the VL that are relevant to the health outcome of interest; (b) generating at least one prediction model (PM 0 ) for each healthcare center from the MDT platform, wherein the at least one PM 0 is based upon the selected variables.