Announcements

ERIS Database Services: Storage Billing Policy Implemented in FY21

July 23, 2020
The Research Computing Core will begin charging for database storage consumption that exceeds 50GB. Though always advertised as the service model, invoicing will begin on a monthly basis based on utilization starting FY21; log in to https://rc.partners.org/fees to view costs. ERIS offers a variety...Read more »

COVID-19 Data Mart and Summary Table cohort to remain static

July 1, 2020
The COVID-19 data mart and Summary Table will continue to be updated with new patient data but not new patients as of July 1, 2020. Scheduled releases will continue to occur each Wednesday with data as current as of the previous Sunday. The current COVID-19 data mart contains a substantial...Read more »

June 25th, 2020 Research Tech Talk Announcements

June 25, 2020
Updates to ERIS Customer Service Ticketing Workflows Starting July 1, 2020, you’ll notice a different auto-reply when emailing rcc@partners.org for support. The full text of your email inquiry will be provided back to you in the Description section of the auto-generated email. An IS Service Desk...Read more »

Infection Control Flags available in the RPDR

June 9, 2020
The COVID-19 EPIC Infection Control Flags along with COVID-19 laboratory tests can help Identify COVID-19 patient cohorts. For more information, go to https://pulse.partners.org/hub/departments/emergency_preparedness/coronavirus/covid19_clinical_policies/infection_statuses_and_resolution_Read more »

May 28th, 2020 Research Tech Talk Announcements

May 28, 2020
COVID-19 Beta Enclave The Beta Enclave is in full production with 32 Projects established inside the Enclave offering access to the Covid Mart data from RPDR and EDW along with a suite of most commonly requested Analytic Tools including RStudio, Jupyter, Spark and Git. Email questions and requests...Read more »

Virtual Research Technical Talk

May 22, 2020
Join this month for special features: ​​"An overview of the Mass General Brigham System strategy: adjustments being made for the post-pandemic world, and our implementation plans" presented by Jeff Weiss, Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer at Partners HealthCare “Research in the time of...Read more »

April 30th, 2020 Research Tech Talk Announcements

April 30, 2020
Change: Home drive (H:\) transition from CIFS2 to CIFSHD Effective 05/17/20 home drives (H:\) will migrate from namespace CIFS to namespace CIFSHD. Anyone accessing home drives (H:\) on a Mac, nonstandard PC or personal device, will need to update their mapping manually. A brief outage will occur...Read more »

New COVID-19 Tools for Researchers

April 17, 2020
In response to the fast-growing number of COVID-19 research projects, new and enhanced research data tools and data sets are being made available to support these endeavors. The goal is to support the rapid turnover of analytics to help researchers understand the signs and symptoms, comorbidities,...Read more »

ERIS Newsletter: Navigating IT Solutions for Research Workflows

March 31, 2020
ERIS Newsletter: Navigating IT Solutions for Research Workflows This newsletter explores ways to match the right RISC/ERIS system, application, tool or resource to your research workflow and innovation needs. Whether looking to identify subjects, collect, manage or analyze data, learn how...Read more »

FlowJo Software Available for Purchase

March 11, 2020
FlowJo portal licenses are offered at a discounted rate through the ERIS Research Computing Core. FlowJo is a software package for analyzing flow cytometry data. Files produced by modern flow cytometers are written in the Flow Cytometry Standard format with an .fcs file extension. FlowJo will...Read more »

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