Honest Broker Services
The RICC provides Honest Broker Services to ensure researchers have secure, compliant access to clinical data and biospecimens while protecting patient privacy.
Our trained Honest Brokers act as a trusted intermediary between protected health information (PHI) and the research community. They are responsible for removing personal identifiers from data and samples, delivering them in either a fully de-identified format or as a limited data set, in accordance with HIPAA regulations and institutional policies.
This service is essential for enabling ethical and compliant research while safeguarding patient confidentiality. Whether you’re initiating a new study or expanding an existing one, our Honest Brokers ensure that your access to sensitive data is handled with the highest standards of integrity and security.