Privacy‐preserving record linkage across disparate institutions and datasets to enable a learning health system: The national COVID cohort collaborative (N3C) experience

Abstract Introduction Research driven by real‐world clinical data is increasingly vital to enabling learning health systems, but integrating such data from across disparate health systems is challenging. As part of the NCATS National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C), the N3C Data Enclave was establi...

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Published in:	Learning Health Systems
Main Authors:	Umberto Tachinardi, Shaun J. Grannis, Sam G. Michael, Leonie Misquitta, Jayme Dahlin, Usman Sheikh, Abel Kho, Jasmin Phua, Sara S. Rogovin, Benjamin Amor, Maya Choudhury, Philip Sparks, Amin Mannaa, Saad Ljazouli, Joel Saltz, Fred Prior, Ahmen Baghal, Kenneth Gersing, Peter J. Embi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2024-01-01
Subjects:	clinical research data privacy learning health systems record linkage translational research
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/lrh2.10404

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