Published 29 June 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b2641
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:b2641
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Doctors’ leaders back new guidance on using patients’ records for research
Adrian O’Dowd
1 London
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Leading GP bodies have given their support to new guidance on how patients’ medical records should be used in medical research.
The guidance, published this week by the medical charity the Wellcome Trust, aims to make it clearer to GPs and researchers how they can ensure that medical records are used safely in research.
The report says that patients’ records in general practice are a unique source of information that can help medical researchers improve their understanding of disease, develop potential new treatments, and improve care.
Increasing use of electronic records should make it easier for researchers to use this information, but the current situation is not ideal, it says.
Some general practices already participate in research activities, but the report says: "There is considerable uncertainty, and a lack of consistency, about the processes that should be used when information from patient records is required for research."
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