101.1 Access OpenSpecimen

Training Environment is used to learn how to navigate the system, do basic data entry and perform operations on specimens. No PHI is to be entered in this environment.

• ‘Training’ is not a HIPAA compliant environment, but Test and Production do meet HIPAA standards of data security.

• To access the ‘Test’ or ‘Production’ environments, you must be directly connected to the University network or connected to the VPN. For instructions on how to connect to the University of Utah VPN, see the knowledge article here.

Test Environment is used once a proposed workflow is established for a specific protocol. Protocol specific laboratory workflows and data entry/upload are tested here prior to launching a CP in the Production environment.

Production Environment is used only when the final workflow has been approved and is used only for real participant data entry.

For purposes of this 101 training, all screenshots will be from the training environment and may look slightly different in the Test or Production environments.

Note that the environment you’ve logged into is displayed in RED in the banner.

• Log in by clicking “Sign In” in the upper right corner .

In the sign-in pop-up window, you will log in using your University uNID and password as the Login Name and Password, respectively. For the Domain Name dropdown menu, select “utah.edu” and then click “Sign In”.

Upon logging in, you will land on the Home page. From here, you can see widgets such as Collection Protocols, Carts, Containers, Queries, etc.

You may also access these functions by clicking on the left hand menu (also called the “hamburger” menu), and selecting a card.

The cards shown on the home page may be customized by clicking on the Widgets gear button in the right hand corner.

If you wish to learn more about the available features within the hamburger menu, view the OpenSpecimen User Guides