Introduction to Clinical Data

Clinical data is either collected during patient care or as part of a clinical trial program. Funding agencies, publishers, and research communities are encouraging researchers to share data, while respecting Institutional Review Board (IRB) and federal restrictions against disclosing identifiers of human subjects.

You should take initial steps to de-identify data for:

  • Protecting data during research projects
  • Preparing data for vetted collaborators, restricted-access or public access data repositories

Clinical Data Terminology

Additional Resources

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