SAFEHR is a cross UCLH and UCL initiative to provide multimodal data extraction and access for hospital data for research.

About Us

SAFEHR (Secure Anonymised Fair Electronic Health Records, pronounced ‘safer’), is a research collaborative that brings together digital, data and technology teams from UCLH and UCL. 

We facilitate streamlined data access and extraction, particularly for multimodal datasets, bringing together imaging and structured data with free text.

We are supported in this by our patient and public Data Trust Committee, by UCLH’s EHRS teams, and by Advanced Research Computing (ARC) at UCL.

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    Multimodal Data

    Data as seen by the clinical team - the electronic health record, medical imaging, notes, and more.

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    Data Access

    Safe and fair access to anonymised health data for researchers and educators

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    Data Assets

    Take a look at synthetic data from past projects, and browse our synthetic data catalogue.

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    Digital Trials

    Find out more about our role in the digital trials space.

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    Our Tools

    We’re proud of what we’ve created. See what our technical team has done since our inception.

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    Our Policies

    Openness and transparency is a priority for us. View our various processes and policies, including our synthetic data, education, and anonymisation policies.