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Skip to main content Newsroom Blog Careers at HSSC Contact User Login Menu Button Who We Are Our Tools & Services Our Initiatives Our Accomplishments Newsroom Blog Careers at HSSC Contact User Login Copyright © 2020. Health Sciences South Carolina. Facebook Pintrest Linkedin Twitter Youtube Health Sciences South Carolina A Collaborative To Advance Health Sciences -- Good Health Made Possible © Since its launch in 2004, HSSC has developed the concepts, infrastructure, and technology to become a leading force for improvements in health care research, education, and delivery in South Carolina. Read More HSSC provides an environment that enables the exceptional Something exceptional happens when diverse organizations work together with a common vision that transcends the competitive landscape. Read More HSSC leverages people and resources to improve the health of the Carolinas Improving health across the Carolinas requires a sustainable, collaborative, learning health community. Read More HSSC develops new technology to increase research and clinical efficiency and effectiveness Member organizations have access to infrastructure, tools, and expertise that facilitate collaboration, innovation, discovery, and rapid deployment of findings. Read More HSSC delivers high value to its member organizations Becoming a member of our collaborative organization facilitates innovation, discovery, advancement of knowledge, and rapid deployment of findings. Read More Next Prev Main Menu Who We Are Our Tools & Services Our Initiatives Our Accomplishments Health Sciences South Carolina (HSSC) is a public/private health organization established in 2004 as the first statewide health data and research collaborative in the United States. The collaborative was formed with the vision of transforming the state's public health and economic wellbeing through research. HSSC enables multi-institutional health research through its Clinical Data Warehouse and associated governance and research tools. Our Organizations AnMed Health Clemson University Greenville Health System McLeod Health Medical University of South Carolina MUSC Health Palmetto Health Self Regional Healthcare Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System University of South Carolina University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville Our Organizations -- What We Do What We Provide Partner with HSSC What We Do HSSC’s mission is to support our member universities and health systems in improving the health of all South Carolinians through our unique statewide collaborative and by enabling evidence-based research. HSSC engages and encourages our member organizations and other like-minded groups to improve the health and economic wellbeing of the State of South Carolina by containing and reducing healthcare costs, minimizing healthcare disparities, improving healthcare quality, patient safety and effectiveness; increasing access to healthcare services, and improving the patient care experience. Read More Our Innovations 1 / 3 next › DaRT – Cutting-edge HSSC Resources & Tools Training Training available to our members for clinicians and researchers to enhance their research toolbox. The DaRT training focuses on the wide range of research resources HSSC provides its members and is modified to meet the needs of the audience. Initiative View this Initiative Carolina eHealth Alliance (CeHA) A federated Health Information Exchange that provides an emergency department alert system in the Charleston area that links the emergency departments of four hospital organizations. Initiative View this Initiative Fostering Collaboration with Palmetto Profiles Impactful research depends on collaboration between investigators with unique expertise, different backgrounds and different strengths in solving a problem and/or conducting research. Palmetto Profiles provides tools to help investigators find collab... Initiative View this Initiative What We Provide HSSC offers a wide variety of services and tools to researchers, clinicians, and health systems to support research studies, quality improvement and health system improvement initiatives. Data planning, generation, and administration are also available through HSSC. Expert biostatisticians and clinicians assist in experimental design, data acquisition, analysis, modeling and reporting, as well as in identification and pursuit of collaborative grants and other opportunities, using HSSC collaborative tools and systems including the Clinical Data Warehouse, i2b2, Redcap, Palmetto Profiles, RPMS, e-IRB, Governance, SCResearch.org, SAS, Diver, ArcGIS, and other external sources. Read More Tools & Services Researchers / Research Organizations Tools This comprehensive suite of tools is available for researchers to identify potential collaborators, assess data for targeted population size, conduct surveys, perform analysis, and obtain support for the eIRB process. ArcGIS Clinical Data Warehouse eIRB (electronic Institutional Review Board) Palmetto Profiles Patient Centered Research REDCap Secure Workspace Services HSSC provides a wide range of services that span the research lifecycle from pre-submission to data collection and merging to analytics and dissemination. Biostatistics Services & Analysis Clinical Data Request Custom Geospatial Visualization Project Expertise Clinicians / Health Care Systems Tools This comprehensive suite of tools supports clinical work, including the ability to assess targeted population size, execute surveys, conduct clinical analytics, and produce geospatial visualizations. ArcGIS Clinical Data Warehouse eIRB (electronic Institutional Review Board) Palmetto Profiles Patient Centered Research REDCap Secure Workspace Services To support health care, HSSC provides a wide range of services that span the quality improvement lifecycle from linking data to benchmarking to clinical analytics. Biostatistics Services & Analysis Clinical Data Request Custom Geospatial Visualization Project Expertise Communities / Consumers Tools HSSC provides tools to benefit healthcare consumers and communities to identify clinical trials within the state. This is a valuable resource for anyone interested in identifying research opportunities, locating contact information for inquiries, or managing enrollment. Individuals can subscribe to receive information about areas of interest in an ongoing manner. Patient Centered Research Services HSSC provides communities and consumers with data services, facilitates collaboration with researchers and healthcare organizations, and provides strong governance mechanisms to protect sensitive information. Biostatistics Services & Analysis Expertise Partner with HSSC Researchers / Research Organizations Expand your research opportunities by partnering with HSSC. We offer a number of tools and services for researchers at supported institutions . If you want to enhance your research activity, HSSC and our robust informatics tools and services enable you to reach the next level. Find collaborators, get statewide data, or join one of our ongoing initiatives. Learn More Clinicians / Healthcare Systems Elevate your healthcare system and join a network of clinicians by partnering with HSSC. Our organizations accelerate improvements in health and health systems through data-driven collaboration. Clinicians within our organizations can use the HSSC infrastructure to access and centralize data and identify potential collaborators with a variety of backgrounds and expertise. Learn More Communities / Consumers Promote a healthier community by partnering with HSSC. With our support, your organization can collaborate with top healthcare researchers and health systems in South Carolina on initiatives intended to promote healthy living and help improve the health and wellbeing of members of your community. Learn More Latest News Wednesday, September 11, 2019 HSSC's Carolina eHealth Alliance Featured in Post and Courier Read More > Newslet...