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Data Exploration, Warehousing & Archiving Repository Solutions (DEWARS) is a program devoted to catalyzing clinical, translational, and population research at USC by integrating and harmonizing patient records from our clinical partners and other research databases. It is a co-investment of the research, clinical, and academic communities of Keck Medicine of USC, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, and in the future, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. Under the direction of Daniella Meeker, PhD, and the Clinical Research Informatics group within the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI), the DEWARS team is working to create enterprise-wide infrastructure, governance, and services for clinical and research data.
What is Available Now?
- Cohort Discovery Applications:Study Planning; Self-service applications for cohort discovery identifying cohorts of potentially eligible patients will be supported as part of the DEWARS project. The i2b2 platform is available for searching data stored in the DEWARS technical infrastructure. Other applications and portals will be available for searching federated research networks, including participants in the Los Angeles Data Resource Collaborative.
- Re-identificationScreening and Recruiting: In order to recruit patients to participant in planned clinical studies, study teams will require patient contact information or access to charts via Medical Record Information for screening. Health system staff will provide investigators access to data in accordance with local polies regarding access to data for research purposes and under approval of the health systems’ privacy boards. IRB information will be cross-referenced to ensure the appropriate approvals have been granted.
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