Department of Clinical Research Informatics

Advancing Human Health Through Innovation in Health IT and Information Management

The Department of Clinical Research Informatics is committed to delivering secure, responsive, high-quality, customer-oriented information technology services and support that foster excellence in clinical care and biomedical research.

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Advancing Human Health Through Innovation in Health IT and Information Management

The Department of Clinical Research Informatics is committed to delivering secure, responsive, high-quality, customer-oriented information technology services and support that foster excellence in clinical care and biomedical research. DCRI is responsible for creating and maintaining the technological infrastructure necessary to support the clinical and research activities conducted in the NIH Clinical Center. This includes building and maintaining servers and client applications, configuring and deploying desktop and laptop computers for Clinical Center and IC staff, developing custom applications, maintaining system operations, and managing databases.

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Health Information Management Division How to Request a Copy of Your Medical Records

Patients may request a copy of their NIH Clinical Center records from our Health Information Management Division.

Learn More Remote Access Instructions for Accessing CRIS Remotely

This web page provides the prerequisites to access CRIS remotely and the methods to access CRIS. You must be on the NIH network to access CRIS.

Learn More Explore our research environment in clinical informatics and/or scientific computing Students and Visitors

The Department of Clinical Research Informatics offers of variety of educational and training programs for students, visitors, and NIH employees related to clinical informatics, scientific computing, and computer applications.

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About Us

DCRI is responsible for creating and maintaining the technological infrastructure necessary to support the clinical and research activities conducted in the NIH Clinical Center. 

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Our mission is to advance human health through innovation in health IT and information management.

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Clinical Research Information System

CRIS is the primary computer information system used to support patient care, research, and administrative activities in the Clinical Center. NIH Staff only.

 

DCRI Forms, Training, Policies

Find CRIS system changes forms, forms to request DCRI services, Health Information Management Division forms and training and policies. NIH Staff only.

Information Technology Center

The Clinical Center Information Technology Center provides NIH Clinical Center employees with the latest technologies supporting the creation of posters and presentations for conferences and annual meetings as part of clinical research and patient care.

Radiology Imaging Library

The Radiology Imaging Library uses an NIH approved secure file sharing service, BOX, to upload imaging studies performed outside of the Clinical Center to the Radiology Imaging Library.

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