Marketing Site Outline

This document provides an outline and some suggested topics for pages related to ICS. Content in this document is intended to be used as reference, and is not intended to be used verbatim.

We are purposing breaking up the current consultation & services pages into the following pages and sections. Second level headings should represent individual pages.

Who is ICS

The top level page that gives the overview of what ICS is and what tools and services we provide to the university.

Provide an overview of the RDC protocol with links to additional information about utilizing RDC in their projects.

The team liked this page and thought it might be a good reference: https://pm.jh.edu/how-it-works/
RIS also has a similar page: https://ris.wustl.edu/

Who we are

Informatics Core Services is a team of made up of data analysts, data engineers, system engineers, and other technical specialists. These combined skills provide a strong foundation to support the data analytics and informatics work at the university.

This includes providing assistance with data extraction, multi-site project support, self-service data collection and analysis tools, among other things. See our community site for a complete list of platforms and services available.

What is the RDC Protocol

• What makes up RDC
• RDC IRB allows you to use available data for your research
  • Link to community site listing available datasources
• How to use RDC in your research
  • Links to information about how to properly include RDC in a project's IRB

How can we help you

• Use the ICS assistant to help you get started
  • link to choose your own adventure
• Link to brokerage request form
• Link to data mart request form
• Link to platform engineering from

Data Services

ICS provides a variety of services to assist with your project. Below are a few of the highlights.

Data Brokerage

The ICS Data Brokerage team specializing in delivering the data you need for your project. This includes extracting EHR data from EPIC, recreating recurring data delivers, and creating custom data models.

Common Data Models

• ICS can build and host common data models
• OMOP is the primary data model we host and promote for use
• ICS can also build and host Multi-site Registries and facilitate Data Sharing
• Link to community site with additional information about existing data models

Custom Datamarts

• ICS can assist with building and hosting data marts specific to a given project or departmental need.

Feasibility Counts

• ICS provides several ways to query for feasibility counts for your project using available self-service tools
  • Link to community site list feasibility count tools
• We can also assist with feasibility counts
  • Link to brokerage request

Just In Time funding

• ICS is a JIT ICTS core
• JIT funds can be used to pay for ICS platforms and services

ML/GenAI/LLMs

• Assist with access to API endpoints both OpenAI and other models
• Provide fine tuning environment
• Data storage for training data and model evaluations
• Link to community page list all AI/ML tools and services

Self-Service Platforms

• ICS hosts many self-service platforms and tools.
• These tools are provided to empower the university community to allow for independent research activities
• Tools cover activities such as data collection, data analysis, synthetic data generation, feasibility counts, and more
• Link to community page listing all available platforms

WUSM Data Lake

• Robust data analytics platform built with governance and easy of use at it's core
• OMOP data available
• Custom data marts
• Common tools such as notebooks and JDBC connections
• ML/AI training and evaluation
• Link to data lake page on community site
• This page describes a similar platform and may be a good reference: https://pm.jh.edu/researchers/

What is it, why would you use it

• Data science and analytics platform built on Databricks
• Provides secure access to data for research, QA/QI, and operational purposes
• Isolates access and cost per project for easy and secure data management
• Request access link to request form
• Need help, link to data lake community site page

Types of Access:

• Sections for each type of access/usage:
• Information about our BYOB program and its requirements/benefits
  • A good reference here: https://pm.jh.edu/centers-of-excellence/
• Research project-based usage
• Operational and clinical use
• Student/Educational use

Usage Cost

• Average cost is $5/hr per compute
• Dedicated data storage for large data is $20/TB per month
• Link to billing information page on the community site

IRB Info summary and links

• Information about how to include data lake in a project's IRB
• Links to additional resources to assist with IRB

Community Links

• How to request access
• Datasources available
• Links to grant info
  • Facilities & other verbiage
• Technical documentation

REDCap

• ICTS supported data collection platform
• Provides customizable and standard research participant surveys and forms
• Includes notifications and reporting features
• Easily integrates with data lake and other data analysis tools
• ICS provides consultation services to assist with project creation and data analysis
• Link to REDCap community page

View All Platforms

• community site links
  • MDClone - synthetic data platform
    • ICTS supported
  • TriNetX - feasibility count tool
    • ICTS supported
  • EnAct - I2B2 Shrine application for multi-site cohorts
    • ICTS supported

Consultation Services

• ICS provides consultation services to assist with various aspects of a project
• See Data Services page for information about data related services
• Additional services include REDCap assistance, application hosting, and custom application/solution development

Contacts

• Contact Data Brokerage
  • Data extraction
• Contact Data Warehousing
  • Data marts
  • Multi-site registries
• Contact REDCap Team
  • Support
  • Project consultation
• Contact ICS Platform Engineering
  • Cloud solutions
  • 3rd party software hosting
• Contact CBDS