PACE
Protected Analytics Computing Environment (PACE) is a highly protected virtual network space that serves as a marketplace where approved users can work with identifiable protected health information. PACE simplifies the effort of obtaining EHR (Electronic Health Record) data from Duke Health enterprise data warehouse and Duke’s Maestro Care (Epic) EHR system, while supporting collaborators from around the world with approved NetIDs. The marketplace offers a rich set of tools, services, and resources required by research and quality initiatives. Within the protected enclave, PACE users are provided the ability to select operating systems, analytic tools (e.g. R, SAS, Python), services (e.g. an Honest Broker or Transfer Agent service to securely release data outside of PACE), compute and data sources (e.g. Microsoft Azure, Exadata, OIT GPU, DEDUCE). Future expansion of the marketplace will include access to cloud offerings like Amazon AWS and Google Cloud Platform.
DEDUCE
DEDUCE is an on-line query system based on data collected into the Decision Support Repository (DSR) from operational systems serving each of our hospitals. The core of the DSR is an Oracle database consisting of hundreds of tables some of which contain hundreds of millions of rows. The goal of this portal is to allow users with no previous database experience to extract data from the DSR whilst maintaining patient privacy. DHTS User Portal.
Maestro Care: Slicer Dicer
SlicerDicer is a self-service reporting tool within Maestro Care where study teams can see counts of patient populations. Study teams that have an approved Review Preparatory to Research (RPR) or an approved protocol with the DUHS IRB can view potential participants’ PHI for research purposes.
The SlicerDicer tooI is currently available to research users that have the Nonlicensed Clinical Research Coordinator security template in Maestro Care.
