Title |
The SAIL Databank: building a national architecture for e-health research and evaluation
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Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, September 2009
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-9-157 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
David V Ford, Kerina H Jones, Jean-Philippe Verplancke, Ronan A Lyons, Gareth John, Ginevra Brown, Caroline J Brooks, Simon Thompson, Owen Bodger, Tony Couch, Ken Leake |
Abstract |
Vast quantities of electronic data are collected about patients and service users as they pass through health service and other public sector organisations, and these data present enormous potential for research and policy evaluation. The Health Information Research Unit (HIRU) aims to realise the potential of electronically-held, person-based, routinely-collected data to conduct and support health-related studies. However, there are considerable challenges that must be addressed before such data can be used for these purposes, to ensure compliance with the legislation and guidelines generally known as Information Governance. |
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United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 6 | 2% |
United States | 2 | <1% |
Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | <1% |
Canada | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 316 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 87 | 27% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 55 | 17% |
Student > Master | 30 | 9% |
Other | 12 | 4% |
Student > Bachelor | 12 | 4% |
Other | 54 | 17% |
Unknown | 76 | 23% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 80 | 25% |
Computer Science | 34 | 10% |
Social Sciences | 26 | 8% |
Engineering | 15 | 5% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 4% |
Other | 60 | 18% |
Unknown | 98 | 30% |