Working with Study Teams

Early engagement with Study Teams, Sponsors and CROs is essential for the successful delivery of a study using Health Informatics. The process around Health Informatics development can be complex so simplifying language and focusing on what the study team needs to know is essential for good engagement. The information below sets out the type of information that study teams commonly want to know to help them understand why using Health Informatics may benefit their study.

Heath Informatics and Primary Care recruitment

Health Informatics are predominantly used for research in Primary Care settings where the GP Practice is a site. They can be used for recruitment sites (i.e. consenting and recruiting patients) PIC site (i.e. they are identifying patients for the study but not recruiting patients)

What do we ask the study team to do?

We ask the study teams to work with an appropriate team to help build these Health Informatics and allow the Lead LCRN to share and to disseminate via the national platform. The study teams may be asked to agree to share the study documents too. In some cases the study team may wish to retain ownership of one fixed Health Informatic piece of work in which case the Lead LCRN and the national website can reflect this process and share the study team websites.

We hope the study teams will assist with information gathering for impact and feedback evaluations.

The above process is used if you are the Lead LCRN. The Lead LCRN develops the search and Health Informatics e.g. pop up with the team and according to an agreed specification.

The Lead LCRN facilitates testing to ensure the solution works and is fit for purpose and agrees sharing in whichever way they prefer such as by a website for download and GP computer system sharing groups.