Service Groups

Application Services is the software development arm of IRT. The group supports the School's missions through the use of innovative technology. Working in concert with other IRT organizations and directly with the Medical School community, we build web and desktop applications which support biomedical research, education, information retrieval, collaboration, and other mission critical business functions.

AV Technology provides the AV standards for buildings throughout the School of Medicine. Our team consists of a high-level, specialized group of individuals. We support over 5 buildings, maintain over 250 computers, and manage over 8,000 pieces of audio-video technology. In addition to the learning spaces, we maintain the MediaFlow Core System which delivers over 10,000 hours of content per year to our medical students and community. The AV Technology department also maintains a groundbreaking Simulation Center in the LKSC.

Business Information/Administrative Systems oversees the development and maintenance of the School's administrative computing environment.

Data Center Services offers a secure server environment for your hosting needs.  These services include: Basic Hosting Services which includes access to secure servers and Managed Systems which includes the Basic Hosting services plus Unix, Linux and Windows administration.

Data Security Programs provides standards and processes to help you keep your information inaccessible to unauthorized users who may want to destroy, tamper with, or steal your data.

Educational Technology focuses on supporting the school's educational mission with a variety of technologies and enhanced learning modalities. Its mission is to provide a highly coordinated set of educational planning and support services to facilitate the innovative and appropriate use of teaching technology throughout the school.

IT Field Support and Service Desk provides basic desktop support to the faculty, students, and staff at the School of Medicine, as well as extended technical support to a number of groups and departments. Basic support for technical support, training resources and technical solution recommendations includes access to our Service Desk using HelpSU or over the phone at x5-8000. Departments can fund expanded technical support, which includes on-site computing support.

Web Services provides general oversight for the School of Medicine's web presence and a wide range of support for the more than 800 public websites associated with the School of Medicine and Stanford Hospital & Clinics. The group manages content for the Stanford Medicine top level pages, sets web publishing standards and policies, provides training and support for departmental web authors, and builds static and dynamic websites for groups across the school.

Centers

The Center for Clinical Informatics provides a free Informatics Consultation Service covering:

  • Access to Clinical Data for Research
  • Research Data Management Solutions
  • Biospecimen Data Management
  • Custom Research Software Development
  • Research Data Privacy and Security Questions
  • General Clinical Informatics Questions