The Health Improvement Network
Record Type
DataSet
Source
Cegedim Strategic Data
Title Acronym
THIN
Source URL
Description
THIN will supply anonymised data (with the identities of patients and practices fully protected) to approved researchers for drug safety and epidemiological studies. Such research will be approved by the appropriate ethics/scientific committee. The anonymised patient data will be collected from the practice's Vision clinical system, with the help of In Practice Systems, on a regular basis without interruption to the running of the system.
MEDLINE Search Strategy
Keywords
Benchmarking; Databases; Factual; National Health Programs; Physician's Practice Patterns; Primary Health Care; Quality Indicators; Health Care
Purpose
THIN has created a medical research database of anonymised patient records from information entered by general practices in their ViSion systems.
Record Originator
InfoPac
UI
2316
Date Revised
May 28, 2019, 7:57 a.m.