Improving Information Management Systems Employed in Clinical Research
Year: 1984
Type: article
Abstract: The data-handling problems associated with the administration of clinical trials of new treatments are more complex than those encountered in routine clinical practice. The reasons for this are reviewed, and various computer systems used to date (with mixed success) to aid researchers responsible for clinical trial administration are criticized. Careful analysis of clinical trial data-handling problems as perceived by the clinical researcher can lead to the design of improved computer systems capable of alleviating many of the problems commonly encountered when clinical trial data is collected and analyzed. Such systems are urgently needed as the number, size and complexity of clinical trials continue to increase. They are relatively easy to cost-justify because traditional methods of collecting and tabulating clinical trial data are amongst the most labour-intensive information-handling tasks encountered in clinical medicine. Our progress in the design and implementation of a computer system to aid in the administration of clinical trials is presented.
Source: PubMed Central
Author: Michaël Pollak
Language: English
Subfield: Health Information Management
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2177064309