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ORIS Projects

Animal Care and Research Systems

Since August 2006 we have built an integrated patient care and supply chain system for a multi-site research facility. All aspects of ordering, census, billing, cost accounting, electronic medical records and decision support are encompassed to care for an average of 19,000 patients on a given day.

Data connections to Cognos, Project Cafe and the Feinberg School of Medicine are in place to facilitate reporting and optimize management.
In 2010 we made data available on demand to investigators with online transfers and protocol FAQs (current inventory, protocol staff, staff training and account information).
Online electronic protocols and import/exports are being added in 2011.
We have worked with Cedar Sinai in Los Angeles and NIH-ORD on emulating parts of our infrastructure and the team will be advising Duke University in the course of 2011.

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The eIRB Project

eIRB (Electronic Institutional Review Board) is the human research administration and compliance web-based system. It is used for the routing, tracking, review and approval process for research studies submitted to the IRB Office. eIRB handles not only research studies for Northwestern University, but also for the Jesse Brown Veteran’s Affairs (VA), Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), and Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH). The system is accessible 24x7 from anywhere. For business questions regarding the IRB email irb@northwestern.edu or call 312-503-9338.

eIRB research data is used as a data source for the following systems.

Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) in the Feinberg School of Medicine.
eNOTIS in the NUCATS and supported by NUBIC.
NMH OOR Database in the NMH Office of Research.

For first time off-campus use see Remote Access for eIRB

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The ISIS Project

ISIS (Integrated Safety Information System) is Northwestern University's enterprise system for managing safety compliance in laboratories. Used by over 3500 people, the web-based .NET application was developed completely in-house through a joint effort between the Office for Research Information Systems and the Office for Research Safety. ISIS is used by researchers and their laboratory workers to identify hazardous materials exposure in their laboratories. From the data, ISIS builds a unique Laboratory Safety profile for each researcher, and serves as an education resource. The software is also used to submit applications and registrations online for review.

The Office for Research Safety strives to build software which integrates with other campus systems. ISIS currently has links to LDAP and HRIS, with future plans to connect to SIMS, Cognos, and an enterprise LMS when one becomes available.

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