HKSTP HA Data Collaboration Lab

Overview
Governing of HKSTP HA Data Collaboration Lab
Location
How to apply?
Application Deadline
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Overview

Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) and Hospital Authority (HA) entered an agreement on Sept 26, 2023, to co-launch the HKSTP HA Data Collaboration Lab at Hong Kong Science Park, providing 1,400+ Park companies and partners with direct access to anonymous clinical data from HA’s database of around 200,000 patients.

The HKSTP HA Data Collaboration Lab will be the first and only access portal to HA’s database for non-academic research and development (R&D) purposes, allowing the industry to transform clinical data into life-changing biomedical and healthcare innovations. The Lab is established as a secure and convenient access to HADCL data to promote, expand and facilitate the use of the wealth of health data in supporting healthcare and health technology developments to enhance biomedical and health technology ecosystem in Hong Kong.

Governing of HKSTP HA Data Collaboration Lab

HKSTP has embedded a series of stringent security measures to protect data security and privacy. Physical measures include onsite personnel, surveillance systems, and a dedicated room with strict control environment for exclusive access. The network is isolated from the Internet to prevent unauthorised access, while data cannot be downloaded, saved, or printed by users, and all personal information is removed from the database to protect patient anonymity. In addition, Data Security Policy and agreement set up with applicants.

HKSTP has also established two governance committees – the HKSTP Clinical Research Ethics Committee and the Data Governance Committee – to ensure compliance with all matters related to data protection and privacy, as well as clinical research ethics.

Location

AI Plug, 2/F, Building 19W, No. 19 Science Park West Avenue, Hong Kong Science Park

How to apply?

Applicants for accessing HKSTP HA Data Collaboration Lab should be/ have:

currently HKSTP incubates/ tenant/ Inno HK Center (no more than 2 users per application)
knowledge about Python or R, programming skill, and
basic understanding of HA Clinical systems and data.

Submit the following documents in one email to ha_dcl@hkstp.org, indicating the name of your company in the email subject:

Application forms:

Form 1: Application for Access to HKSTP HA Data Collaboration Lab (*per individual user)
Form 2: Information of Authorized Persons (*per individual user)
Form 3: Confidentiality Undertaking (per company, to be completed by company director with company chop)
Form 4: Authorized Person Undertaking (*per individual user)
For applicants who plan to apply for access to HA data for research purpose, ethics committee approval letter must be presented during application entry.

Application Deadline

Application Purpose	Deadline	Note
For exploration only to draft hypothesis/ research proposal	Application open throughout the year	The applicant can only explore the data and no output can be exported.
For conducting research study	Refer to HKSTP Clinical Research Ethics Committee	The ethics committee approval letter must be presented during application entry.