Using patient records from general practice for research

Using patient records from general practice for research.

Using Patient Medical Records for Medical Research

of research findings. Therefore, governance committees (institutional review board) have tended to take a strict position regarding medical research involving human subjects, based on the declaration of Helsinki. There are a few limitations to using EMR data as one of the first steps in identifying individuals with a specific condition and proving simple and more complex research questions. Car...

Using patient records for medical research.

1 addressed several issues concerning uses of patient data for medical research, which are important for general practice. The primary concern of GPs, with respect to uses of patient records, is to do nothing that jeopardises the trust of patients, which is partly based on assurances of confidentiality concerning the content of consultations. The Academy report quotes one submission in response...

The Wellcome Trust Report: moving forward the use of general practice electronic patient records for research.

General Practice Records.

"One has reached the conclusion that the key to good general practice is the keeping of good clinical records," says Dr. Stephen Taylor in " Good General Practice." And again, " Doctors who claim that they can carry in their heads all the information needed to deal with each of their patients usually have low standards of both need and performance." On reading through the notes one receives abo...