Data Access and Delivery

The Data Access and Delivery Team (DADT) is the customer facing branch of the department and has several core functions:

  1. Data request intake and concierge services,
  2. Development of reports in Reporting Workbench, and Business Objects,
  3. Development of dashboards in Radar and Tableau, and
  4. Facilitating direct access to data through self-service tools (e.g. Epic reporting workbench).

The DADT includes analysts specializing in business intelligence, data quality and documentation, and multiple SQL developers with broad expertise in EHR-derived health data and research data retrieval. Members of the DADT are guided by best practices and standard operating procedures created by HDOC subcommittees, Process Improvement Teams in the DCOE, and DCOE leadership to ensure efficient, high-quality data asset generation and provisioning.

The DADT:

  • Manages intake of data requests, provides request-specific concierge services, and ensures that requests are consistent with existing governance and compliance policies
  • Works with requestors, Data Curation Team leadership, and members of each DSU to determine the feasibility of requests, and identify existing reusable or modifiable data assets
  • Develops new project-specific data assets for requests originating from outside an existing domain-specific unit
  • Maintains a searchable library of existing data assets
  • Manages automated data quality assurance procedures that help to ensure the ongoing accuracy of data assets
  • Works with Compliance, IT Security, and the Epic Applications Team to regulate direct access to data through approved self-service tools such as Reporting Workbench, Slicer-Dicer, OneDrive, and REDCap