Clinical Research Awareness & Data Learning Environment (CRADLE)
Researchers can explore a representative sample of the healthcare data to understand and assess its value and relevance for subsequent researches
Target Users:
- Researchers seeking to explore healthcare datasets and familiarise themselves with the data schema
Data Provision:
- The anonymised sample data contains structured data from around 200,000 patients randomly selected from the patient populations of 2007 and 2017, stratified by age and gender
- The sample data includes patients’ demographic characteristics, attendance records to hospitals or clinics, clinical diagnosis, procedures, medication and laboratory results and radiology examination results
- Please refer to Data Catalogue for details
Software:
- A self-service analytics tool for interactive data exploration and visualisation will be provided
Application:
- Applications are open to researchers from institutions with an established agreement on Data Collaboration Lab usage with EH Plus Digital
- Application, together with the duly-signed confidentiality undertaking, must be submitted through the EHPDCL Portal
- Incomplete application documents may delay the processing and affect the outcome of the application. Successful applicants will receive a confirmation email from EHPDCL Office regarding the access arrangement
Research Output:
- CRADLE is for data familiarisation and output is not allowed
Charging:
- CRADLE is currently offered free of charge
Enquiry:
- Please contact DCL Office at ehpdcl@ha.org.hk for any enquiries