Calculating the benefits of a Research Patient Data Repository

• Published in: AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings Vol. 2006; p. 1044
• Main Authors: Nalichowski, Ruth, Keogh, Diane, Chueh, Henry C, Murphy, Shawn N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Medical Informatics Association 2006
• Subjects: Biomedical Research - organization & administration; Databases as Topic; Humans; Medical Record Linkage; Medical Records Systems, Computerized

The Research Patient Data Repository (RPDR) is a clinical data registry that gathers medical records from various hospital systems and stores them centrally in one data warehouse. Research investigators can obtain aggregate total of patients that meet specific query criteria and can obtain patient i...