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Collaborate with us on data infrastructure

✱ The OpenSAFELY tools are already in widespread use delivering privacy, federated analytics, and efficient data management for electronic health records 

✱ We have deployed these tools on education data, at multiple UK sites, and in non-UK settings. 

✱ We can work with you to make your data more easily and securely accessible.


Example collaborations

OpenSAFELY Schools, a collaboration with the National Institute of Teaching, funded by XTX Markets and the Nuffield Foundation.

→ Our work using OpenSAFELY with the Global Burden of Disease team at the University of Washington.


If you already hold copies of sensitive personal data then we can work with you to deploy the OpenSAFELY tools inside your data environment, making your data securely and efficiently accessible to users. 

This can include: 

  • The full OpenSAFELY stack to enable secure, transparent, federated analytics. 
  • The ehrQL tools to help your users check and prepare GP electronic health records data for analysis, quickly and efficiently. 
  • Our output checking tools. 

We are also happy to talk with you about new extensions or features for the OpenSAFELY tools; or meet with other teams that have new ideas for collaborations on data infrastructure that deliver public good.   

The OpenSAFELY tools work for much more than just electronic health records data: we have recently deployed OpenSAFELY on other forms of “transaction list” data, including education records; and we are happy to advise on the right mix of different tools for different data types.

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