Custom Data Delivery
Our Data Delivery Team is dedicated to collaborating with you in order to create a personalized data extract that caters to your research or quality improvement initiatives. By engaging with one of our skilled data analysts, you will have the ability to retrieve nearly any specific data element from the electronic medical record or any of our diverse external data sources. Effective March 3, 2024, these services will incur a fee. To view our pricing, click here.
With a Custom Data Delivery request, our analysts will:
- Access the data needed for your project from the Compass Data Warehouse, which includes data from UCHealth electronic medical records, UCHealth Cancer Registry data, CU Medicine, geospatial information for the patient address, American Community Survey census, environmental, and social determinants of health linked to the current and historical patient census tract, Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine's Biobank genomic data, ClinImmune data, and record linkage to Children's Hospital Colorado electronic medical records.
- Identify the regulatory requirements for your data request.
- Help identify additional data that may be needed for your project.
- Provide introductions and guidance for other groups on campus that support research.
- Deliver data in a HIPAA-compliant manner for you to access.
Request a Custom Data Delivery project by submitting a Data Request Questionnaire.
For rare cases that require visualizations, specific formatting, unique data sources, or dedicated support; we will evaluate the feasibility of data delivery. This includes creating datasets, datamart, reports, and/or dashboards for your project. Please note that projects with additional may result in higher project costs. View pricing here.
Compass can provide custom data extracts in three different levels of sensitivity:
Compass can provide aggregate counts and data de-identified via the Safe Harbor Method. We will need a copy of the Compass De-Identified Data Access Agreement and approval from the Compass Security and Compliance Committee to release the data to you.
Compass can provide data to an investigator in a Limited Data Set format as defined by the HIPAA Privacy Rule. We will need your IRB Approval, and approval from the Compass Security and Compliance Committee to release the data to you. Contact us before submitting to COMIRB so we can help you through this process.
Compass can provide data to an investigator that contains the minimum data necessary, including PHI data elements, as allowed by HIPAA. We will need your IRB Approval, and approval from the Compass Security and Compliance Committee to release the data to you. Contact us before submitting to COMIRB so we can help you through this process.
Standardized Project Requirements
Compass encourages customers to utilize the Standard Project Requirements, a list of the most commonly requested variables to expedite data delivery.
Standardized Project Requirements
Data Explorer Dashboards
To aid in developing inclusion/exclusion criteria or define specific concepts for self-service or custom data extracts, Compass provides a series of Data Explorer Dashboards. These self-service tools enable users to explore codes for medications, labs, procedures, departments, flowsheets, and more.
To gain access to the Data Explorer Dashboards, please apply via our De-identified Data Access Agreement. Once you are granted access, connect to the CU Denver or CU Anschutz network (or VPN) to access the Data Explorer Dashboards.
Check out our user guide for more information on how to use the Data Explorer Dashboards!