University of California Research eXchange (UCReX): A Federated Cohort Discovery System

Abstract

The University of California has committed to the development of a system to encourage collaboration among its 5 Medical Center campuses. The name of this system is UCReX, for the UC Research eXchange. The goals of UCReX are to: (1) Enhance access to clinical data for research, (2) Build a technical infrastructure to allow crossinstitutional sharing of harmonized clinical data, (3) Inform data collection processes.