Data saves lives: bottom-up, professionally-led endorsement would increase the chance of success

[摘要] NEW INITIATIVES IN THE ENGLISH NHS TO INVEST MORE IN HEALTH DATA We welcome the publication of the Goldacre Report, ‘Better, broader, safer: using health data for research and analysis’, and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care’s ‘Data saves lives’ initiative.1,2 The UK Government has also announced a £200 million investment to support these new strategies and their associated health data repositories.2 However, these developments are presented as technical transactions. Greater health community-wide ownership and bottom-up endorsement of data sharing by known and trusted healthcare professionals would increase their chance of success.

[学科分类] 卫生学