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The Health Improvement Network (THIN) is a large database of anonymised electronic medical records collected at Primary Care clinics throughout the UK. The THIN database is managed by IMS Health Real World Evidence in collaboration with In Practice Systems UK.〔() About us - IMS Health Real World Evidence UK〕 ==History== The THIN database is similar in structure and content to the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD, previously known as GPRD), which is now managed by the United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Between 1994 and 2002, EPIC (UK), a not-for-profit company, held a non-exclusive licence to use GPRD for research benefitting public health. On the expiry of that licence, THIN was developed by EPIC as an alternative to the GPRD, and a substantial number of primary care practitioners now contribute data to both resources. In 2005 EPIC was acquired by Cegedim, a global technology and services company specialising in the healthcare field. EPIC become part of the Cegedim Strategic Data - Medical Research UK (CSD-MR UK) division within Cegedim, which can also provide researchers with access to similar data from 9 million patients in Europe and other parts of the world.〔(The Health Improvement Network ) - US National Cancer Institute〕 In April 2015, CSD-MR UK was acquired by IMS Health and renamed IMS Health Real World Evidence.〔(IMS Health Completes Acquisition of Cegedim’s CRM and Strategic Data Businesses )〕 THIN data are made available under more permissive terms than other similar resources (such as the CPRD, which does not allow for-profit use by private companies), but access is subject to ethical approval by an independent Scientific Review Committee.〔(IMS Health: Ethics )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Health Improvement Network」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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