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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.
A UI Health Care process to review projects that share Health Care data outside of the Health Care environment. This review process involves:
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
Learn more about UI Research Data Policy and Data Use Agreement Guidance
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