Instructions to Get Started with Information Commons
KEY QUESTIONS TO ANSWER...
What are your Data needs?
- For de-identified UCSF data or reference data sets, set-up an account on Info Commons AWS shared cluster.
- For identified clinical data:
1) Request one of the environments for Protected Health Information (PHI), or use your own PHI approved environment.
2) Then, submit a data request through for
What are your Tools needs?
- For technical savvy users looking to do Machine Learning, try Spark in combination with Jupyter Notebook.
- For novice users looking to do cohort exploration, PatientExploreR is available.
- For novice users looking extract concepts from clinical text, CTAKES-As-A-Service is available.
What are your Environment needs?
- For technical users with need to access de-identified UCSF data or reference data sets, set-up an account on Info Commons AWS shared cluster.
- For technical users with access needs to identified UCSF data, set-up an account on ARC or on MyResearch.
- For novice users, MyResearch is available and data can be delivered by requesting at.