Cerner offering access to anonymous patient data for COVID-19 research, vaccine development 

Cerner is offering select health systems and research organizations access to de-identified COVID-19 patient data to help support epidemiological studies, clinical trials and medical treatments for the disease. 

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The de-identified data is stored on Cerner’s HealtheDataLab, powered by Amazon Web Services. Healthcare providers will have free access to the database, which includes COVID-19- related information to help track disease spread and surge and detect underlying illnesses and chronic conditions, among other capabilities. 

A committee of Cerner associates and industry advisers will review applications of select recipients who will gain access to the data. 

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