Clinical Registries: The Opportunity For The Nation
May 11th, 2011
by
Don Berwick, Sachin Jain, and Michael Porter
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In the early 1970s, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation began tracking the health of patients with cystic fibrosis. What began as a modest data collection effort is today a comprehensive clinical registry of 26,000 patients. Caregivers and researchers use the registry to identify new trends in outcomes; recognize the most effective treatments; and design clinical trials... Read the rest of this entry »
