Oftentimes, in the conduct of clinical research, investigators need to access and share sensitive patient data. The ARCH team fills the role of “honest broker” at WCM, and in this capacity, is available to ensure that patient data sets are appropriately deidentified, as well as to maintain keys between coded subject IDs and personally identifying information (PII).
ARCH can also provide guidance for study teams seeking to use electronic patient data for research to ensure that they have satisfied all institutional requirements for doing so. Please reference the ‘Prerequisites for Access to Clinical Data for Research’ document on the sidebar for more details or contact arch-support@med.cornell.edu.