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CRIS technology to transform dementia and health research

General Research

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (OHFT) has recently joined another four leading mental health trusts in England in a partnership aimed at revolutionising dementia and health research in the UK.

Case Record Interactive Search (CRIS) was developed by South London and Maudsley (SLAM) NHS Foundation Trust with National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Infrastructure funding. This new system allows pseudonymised Electronic Health Records (EHR) to be interrogated for research, audit and service evaluation purposes.

Read more (Department of Psychiatry website)

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