OpenSAFELY

OpenSAFELY is an interface to

dataset is especially large, covering about 58 million patients.^[2] In 2023, the NHS announced that it would expand the use of the OpenSAFELY platform to help drive life-saving advances for other major diseases.^[3]

The platform interfaces with a secure database of

pseudonymized primary care records, and only aggregated results are viewable by researchers. This allows researchers to access a large dataset necessary for identifying potential risk factors without the risks of exposing personal patient information.^[4]

References

PMID 32640463

^ "The pandemic has spawned a new way to study medical records", The Economist, 14 May 2020

^ "NHS England » NHS expands use of secure COVID-19 research platform to help find new treatments for major killer conditions". www.england.nhs.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2023.

^ "OpenSAFELY: more proof that tackling the coronavirus pandemic does not require privacy to be compromised". Privacy News Online. 23 May 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.

External links

OpenSAFELY – official website

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[Nature-1] PMID 32640463

[Economist-2] "The pandemic has spawned a new way to study medical records", The Economist, 14 May 2020

[3] "NHS England » NHS expands use of secure COVID-19 research platform to help find new treatments for major killer conditions". www.england.nhs.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2023.

[4] "OpenSAFELY: more proof that tackling the coronavirus pandemic does not require privacy to be compromised". Privacy News Online. 23 May 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.

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