Research Information Technology (RIT) seeks to curate selected data to serve as strategic resource for the college. The term "curation" is used to express the process that the DataCore takes to providing this resource to the community. The need for data curation is significant in healthcare-related research.
There are many of data sets available in healthcare and securing and using them can pose a significant challenge. For example:
While acquiring a single year of data might be straightforward, merging data across multiple years – even when secured from the same source – generally requires some level of data management, and cleaning, unifying, and troubleshooting a data set can be demanding.
Different organizations require unique bureaucratic processes to legally access the data for research; and
Licensing data can be just as costly for one person as it is for an institutional purchase and, as such, it is in the institution's best interest to standardize access.
In version 1 of the DataCore, RIT seeks to streamline this process by facilitating access to data as a strategic resource. Upcoming data and technologies will be integrated into this resource as they are developed. For more information about how DataCore works, check out the CoreFAQs.
Information about updates to the DataCore can be found on the Updates page. If you would like to receive emails regarding updates, you can send a request to ccts-informatics@osumc.edu
To access the DataCore, you will need request access from ccts-informatics@osumc.edu. Access to the DataCore is provided via an account to the DataCore Secure Enclave, accessible only via Remote Desktop or at the Ohio Supercomputing Center (OSC).
To start a data request, you will need to receive approval for access at which point you can complete the Data Request Intake Process form.