LDI

The LDI Health Services Data Center (HSRDC) is a collection of data, computing, and storage resources designed to facilitate health services research using highly sensitive patient information.

The Data Center is produced and maintained by the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI). The Data Center has the following aims:

Provision of universally secure storage.

Facilitation of data acquisition, use, and sharing.

Elimination of system duplicity and security inconsistencies.

Instructional support: assistance with data file reading, conversion, organization and linking.

LDI-HSRDC Key Personnel

David Asch, MD, MBA	LDI, Executive Director
Dan Polsky, PhD, MPP	LDI, Director of Research
Peter Groeneveld, MD, MS	HSRDC, Director
Nathanael S. DiGiorgio	BMIF, Systems Architect
Nick Hill	IT Support
Gina Pugliano, MA	HSRDC, Research Coordinator

Users and Services

Users	Access	Computing
LDI Senior Fellows + research team staff	X	X
Cancer Center core members	X	X
PhD students (LDI affiliated)	X	X
Mentees (LDI Senior Fellow mentor)	X	X
Others: on a case-by-case determination	X

HSRDC F.A.Q.
Data storage is negotiable on a project-by-project basis. Investigators should contact the Data Center during grant preparation for budgeting assistance.

Questions? Contact Gina Pugliano at ginapug@mail.med.upenn.edu for help with:

Server access issues
Specific data storage, access, and acquisition needs
Budgeting and resource planning in grant application
Other things

For IT support inquiries, contact Nick Hill at hilln@exchange.upenn.edu.