Open AccessInformation technology infrastructure, quality improvement and research: the UK National Neonatal Research Database
Author(s) -
Neena Modi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
translational pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.702
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2224-4344
pISSN - 2224-4336
DOI - 10.21037/tp.2019.07.08
Subject(s) - medicine , health care , data quality , quality (philosophy) , data governance , corporate governance , quality management , data science , database , operations management , business , economic growth , computer science , engineering , metric (unit) , philosophy , epistemology , finance , economics , management system
Technological developments, coupled with strengthened governance and data security have led to increasing recognition of the potential of real-world health data to benefit patient care and health services. Real-world health data are those captured in the course of routine care. Here I describe a mature source of real-world health data, the UK National Neonatal Research Database and provide examples of the many types of uses it supports.