Governance & Compliance Overview
- External Data Sharing: Learn more about external data sharing requests
- Data Attestation: Learn more about the data attestation
External Data Sharing
Data originating from University of Iowa Health Care (e.g., EHR or financial data) must remain within the Health Care Covered Entity, unless otherwise specified directly in the informed consent.
There is a UI Health Care process to review projects that share Healthcare data outside of the Healthcare environment. This review process includes:
- Checking for consistent language regarding the sharing between contracting, IRB, and the external data sharing form
- Ensuring appropriate documents have been routed to the appropriate UI contracting organizations
- Security review of third-party applications for data transfer or storage
- Confirming sharing is aligned with institutional and federal policies
Data Attestation
The Attestation Data Access Agreement is a legal document between the researcher and the University of Iowa for the secondary use of UI Health Care clinical data for research. The primary use of UI Health Care clinical data is for clinical care. To be able to use UIHC clinical data for research purposes, researchers must attest and complete the requirements outlined below:
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