Background The Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank is a national
data safe haven of de identified datasets principally about the population of Wales, made …

Background Use of routinely collected patient data for research and service planning is an
explicit policy of the UK National Health Service and UK government. Much clinical …

Databases covering all individuals of a population are increasingly used for research and
decision-making. The massive size of such databases is often mistaken as a guarantee for …

The last 6 years have seen sustained investment in health data science in the United
Kingdom and beyond, which should result in a data science community that is inclusive of all …

Electronic health records (EHRs), originally designed to facilitate health care delivery, are
becoming a valuable data source for health research. EHR systems have two components …

The value of using population data to answer important questions for individual and societal
benefit has never been greater. Governments and research funders world-wide are …

The digitization of society and academic research endeavours have led to an explosion of
interest in the potential uses of population data in research. Alongside this, increasing …

This article focuses on key roles that the ill-defined concept of 'public benefit'plays in
accessing the public health data held by the UK's National Health Service. Using the …

A rápida evolução das tecnologias de informação proporciona um crescimento sem
precedentes da capacidade de produção, armazenamento, troca, processamento e análise …

Aim To outline the methodological approach for our study that is designed to evaluate the
effectiveness (including cost) of primary care policies for chronic diseases in Australia using …