About PRIDES

All of our currently supported primary care sites work with two IT systems; EMIS Web and SystmOne. To undertake research, each site must use their system to search for prospective participants among their patients.

Working with study teams, our GP champions and other LCRNs, WE ReACH aims to maintain a resource of search files and associated information for our primary care partners. In the case of studies that we are the lead network for, this includes the development and distribution of said files, both inside and outside the locality, with the following goals:

- Make searches easily available to sites to reduce administrative burden.

- Raise recruitment by collaborating to improve search quality e.g. through better use of clinical codes.

- Make the process of research more transparent and accessible to our primary care partners.