CUMC Applications

Faculty, Staff and Students at the Columbia University Medical Center require access to a wide variety of applications and data. We've consolidated a list of many of these applications including links to their web sites where available, as well as information on how to request access and the technical group that manages the program.

Please note that it is best to contact the CUMC IT Service Desk initially if there is a problem with a program you are using on a CUMC computer, so we can determine if there may be a hardware or network issue effecting it.

• Advance
  The Alumni Development System - please select the link above for support and access information.
• AP/CAR
  The Accounts Payable Controlled Analytical Review - please see their web site for more information. To request access you must submit the CUIT Administrative ID Request.
• Corporate Time Calendar is now Exchange Calendar
  Corporate Time is now managed using Exchange Calendar. If you get an Exchange Account you can manage appointments, meetings, and e-mail using Outlook or Entourage. Scroll down to Exchange for details.
• CourseWorks: https://courseworks.columbia.edu/
  For technical support please see the CourseWorks Essentials page or contact the CUMC IT Service Desk for assistance on the Medical Center campus. You can logon to CourseWorks with your Columbia UNI and password, but will only have access to classes in which you are currently enrolled.
• CubMail
  CubMail provides web based access to your Columbia Cyrus email, use your UNI and password to log in. Please see the About CubMail site for tutorials and FAQs regarding using CubMail.
  Your Department Administrator must request a UNI account for you via Peoplesoft.
• Cyrus
  Cyrus is the email server software and hardware that was deployed by Columbia in the Fall of 2005.
• DARTS
  The Departmental Advanced Reporting and Tracking System - please see their web site for more information. To request access please submit the FFE ID Application.
• Data Warehouse
  Logon is via http://my.columbia.edu, then select the tab marked "DWR Reports" at the top of the page. For access please submit the CUIT Administrative ID Request.
• Eagle Siemens
  Click here to launch the web based version of Eagle. To request access to Eagle, please submit the NYP Online Systems Access Form. For technical support please contact the CUMC IT Service Desk at extension 5-Help if you are using Eagle on a CUMC owned system, or please contact 4-Help (212-746-4357) if you are using it on an NYP system.
• Email - Columbia accounts
  For technical support please contact the CUMC IT Service Desk at extension 5-Help.
  If you need a Columbia email account, your Department Administrator must request a Columbia UNI for you via Peoplesoft.
• Exchange
  Accounts on the CUMC IT Exchange Server are limited and can be obtained by submitting a web form at https://secure.cumc.columbia.edu/cumcit/forms/accounts_oracle.php. See Outlook below for using the Exchange Account.
• FFE
  For access and technical support to the the Financial Front End please see the links on the right side of the FFE web site.
• HRPC
  Human Resources Process Center. Please select the link above for information regarding technical support and access.
• HRIS and FAHRIS
  The Faculty Affairs Human Resource Information System. Logon access must be requested through the FFE ID Application.
• IDX
  For initial technical support please contact CUMC IT Service Desk at extension 5-Help. To request access to IDX please submit the IDX System Security Access Request Form (this is a pdf file and requires Adobe Acrobat to open), there is a fax number at the bottom of the form.
• Medline or Ovid
  Logon with your Columbia UNI and password. If you are off campus, please use the link from the Health Science Library's E-Resources page to enter. For initial technical support select the Help button in the upper right hand corner of the Ovid window, otherwise please contact the CUMC IT Service Desk. Training on using Medline, Ovid and Pubmed is held regularly by the HSL's Reference Librarians.
• MPE
  The Mobile Patient Encounter system is no longer used, it has been replaced by New Innovations (below).
• New Innovations
  New Innovations is a web based program currently being used by third year clerkships at CUMC to record data about their clinical visits. Only faculty, residents and students involved in the clerkships have access to the program. The login page is at http://www.new-innov.com/login.htm; contact us at extension 5-Help for any questions or problems.
• NYP Programs
  Password self-service login for programs managed by NYP including WebCIS, Amicas, Eagle and Eclipsys as well as nyp.org email accounts. To request access to NYP managed programs please see the NYP Online Systems Access Form.
• NYP Web Email Access
  For support with nyp.org email addresses please contact the NYP Help Desk at 4-Help (212-746-4357), extension 1.
• Oracle Calendar
• Oracle Calendar on the Web
• Outlook
  Outlook 2003 is the standard supported email program by CUMC IT. Please select the link above for tutorials and more information.
• Outlook Web Access
  Outlook Web Access provides access to your Exchange Account e-mail on the web. Click here to access the Outlook Web Access page. Click here for help and tutorials on Outlook Web Access.
• Peoplesoft
  http://my.columbia.edu - Log in by selecting the "Columbia UNI" link in the upper left hand corner. myColumbia allows access to payroll and benefits information. Select the Help link in the upper right hand corner of myColumbia for FAQs.
  Department Administrators and other qualified staff can manage HR information on employees via Manager Self Service and create UNIs via the Delegated Identity Administration, both found within Peoplesoft.
• Rascal
  Columbia's Research Administration System. For logon access and technical support please see Rascal's Help Page.
• Stockamp (Profee and Clinic databases)
  Also referred to as Citrix (which is actually software that is used to connect to these databases) or Trac and Ontrac. To request access or get technical support please contact the CUMC IT Service Desk at extension 5-Help.
• UNI: http://uni.columbia.edu
  Your UNI provides access to many Columbia technical resources, including your Columbia email account and myColumbia. If you have forgotten your UNI password, please contact the CUMC IT Service Desk. If you know your UNI password but would like to change it, please click here.
  Your Department Administrator must request a UNI account for you via Peoplesoft.
• VPN
  VPN is the program used to access the Rome Wireless network on campus, or to connect to certain on campus programs and systems from an off-campus computer. You can logon with your Columbia UNI and password as well as an NYP/WebCIS logon (NetID). For support please contact the CUMC IT Service Desk at extension 5-Help.
• WebCIS
  Web based Clinical Information Systems - for technical support with WebCIS please contact the NYP Help Desk at 4-Help (212-746-4357), extension 1. For access to WebCIS please submit the the NYP Online Systems Access Form.
• WebPUR
  For technical support please contact the CUMC IT Service Desk at extension 5-Help. Logon access must be requested through the FFE ID Application.
• WebSAF
  Salary Accounting Forms on the Web - for technical support please contact the CUMC IT Service Desk. Logon access must be requested through the FFE ID Application.