Indiana translational medicine institute pioneers secure federated identity management
Monday, 11 May 2009 12:00
Translational medicine researchers from across the country can now access a range of data and advanced technology resources using the user ID and password of their home institution. The Indiana Clinical Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) HUB provides federated identity management -- allowing researchers to use resources such as medical databases, high performance computers, and life science visualization tools in multiple distributed locations without the need to remember yet another password and login procedure.
Elaine Collier, M.D., from the National Institutes of Health National Center for Research Resources -- a partner in the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) effort -- said, "Indiana CTSI is leading the way in the important task of federating resources in the NIH-supported CTSA, along with the NIH and other partner institutions."
Federated identity management is a key foundation for translational medicine -- the area of medicine that translates laboratory research into life-saving bedside healthcare -- as well as for e-Health, which increasingly requires the electronic sharing of private research data and HIPAA-protected patient information.
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The Indiana CTSI HUB is based on the HUBzero virtual organization platform (www.hubzero.org) developed by Purdue University. HUBzero is based on Web 2.0 services, allowing the creation and use of modular, extensible, and shareable applications that are designed to support the next generation of research collaboration needs.