NACHC has invested in building a governance infrastructure to support a growing body of data-related work occurring in the clinical affairs division. External partners are sharing data with NACHC through an array of projects. As NACHC’s clinical affairs portfolio has reached a critical mass of data sharing projects, the next step is to implement a data governance structure to build trust among data partners and ensure the highest quality work products.
NACHC convened a data governance council in the fall of 2021 to develop and implementing a governance infrastructure for informatics project work. The data governance council will:
evaluate and approve or deny requests for data or analyses from internal or external sources;
develop, codify, and disseminate policies and procedures to meet emerging data governance needs and align with stakeholder policies, agreements, and processes;
consult on the NACHC response to privacy and security incidents related to data sharing or clinical affairs projects;
upon requests, review data sharing project issues outside of clinical affairs and make recommendations; and
ensure long-term, broadly representative data governance for NACHC.
Governance Council Members
The current GC members are:
Ronald Yee
Julia Skapik (chair)
Gervean Williams
Meg Meador
Jennie McLaurin
External: Greg Pappas (FDA)
External: Andrew Hamilton (AllianceChicago)
Kathy McNamara
Andy Gulati
Governance Council Materials
Key Data Governance Issues
The priority issues that the Data Governance Council will address in its first year are:
Developing and implementing policy and procedures on data use, data sharing partnership, request processing, and IRB
Ensuring that NACHC adheres to laws and best practices regarding data security and privacy
Using a standard process for developing and executing data use agreements to clarify the expectations of NACHC, data partners, and other project partners