Can the HSRDC be used for any Penn research project involving health care data?
A2. Because this server environment is maintained at a high security level in accordance with federal regulations governing secure computer systems (the Federal Information Security Management Act-FISMA), we are required to limit the server solely to research using data that require high security (e.g. data with individually identifiable, protected health information). Lower security datasets (e.g. anonymous patient surveys, de-identified data, publicly-available data, etc.) should be stored and analyzed elsewhere.
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