For support: call extension 5-Help (212-305-4357) or email us
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.
A2 Learning
Lectures, presentations, demos, and tutorials are made available on demand to the CUMC student community via recordings and rich material presentations. Details can be found at http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/it/a2learning/.
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.
Computer Login Account - please see Domain Account below.
Calendars
Exchange (Outlook) is the current supported shared calendar program at CUMC, see information below for details.
CROWN
Clinical Records On-Line Web Network or CROWN is the electronic health record for ColumbiaDoctors.
The CROWN web site has information on training, access and policies: https://columbiadoctors.columbia.edu/crownweb/index.html
Cyrus
Cyrus is Columbia's email storage and access system that was deployed 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 combined DAF/FFE application.
Domain Account
Domain accounts are used to log in to a work computer that has been connected to a "domain" or network and connected resources. CUMC IT manages the MC domain as well as some others; departments with their own IT staff might be managing their own domains.
If you log in to the MC domain, you can use the myPassword web site to reset a password, unlock your account, and change your password. Please see using myPassword web site full information or contact the CUMC IT Service Desk for additional assistance.
Domain Accounts must be requested via the online form.
Eagle Siemens Click here to launch the web based version of Eagle.
To request access to Eagle, an NYP Director/Manager or delegatee must submit the eSystem 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 University accounts
For assistance and support please contact the CUMC IT Service Desk at extension 5-Help, option 5 (212-305-4357).
If you need a Columbia email account, your Department Administrator must request a Columbia UNI for you via Peoplesoft. See Exchange below for CUMC email accounts that allow for calendar sharing and other advanced features at the Medical Center.
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.
Guardian Edge
Guardian Edge is the CUMC IT recommended encryption software for Windows computers.
A version for Macintosh systems will be released in the future, please see the Guardian Edge web pages for information on requesting and using the program.
HRPC
HRPC is the Human Resources Process Center. Please select the link above for information regarding technical support and access.
IDX
For initial technical support please contact
CUMC IT Service Desk at extension 5-Help. To request access to IDX please select the System Access link on the ColumbiaDoctors System Access and Security web site.
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.
Network Drives
CUMC IT Network Drives should connect automatically upon login to a department owned computer. To access a network drive from off campus, please see our Remote Network Drive Access web site (UNI login required).
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 was decommissioned on March 15th, 2010. Anyone needing a shared calendar application should request an Exchange account, for use with Outlook. See above for Exchange.
Outlook
Outlook 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.
Pharos Printing
Printing, copying and scanning at CUMC for students is provided by the Pharos printers, located in the Hammer Building's Lower Level 1 through 2nd floors in addition to many student housing and study areas. For general printing and copying information please click here.
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.
An online version of Profee is also available at http://mcstockamp2.centraladmin.cpmc.columbia.edu/profee/Login.asp - please note that this may have limited features in comparison to Profee when accessed via Citrix.
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 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.
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