Journal article
Dispelling myths about rare disease registry system development
Source Code for Biology and Medicine, Vol.8(1)
2013
Abstract
Rare disease registries (RDRs) are an essential tool to improve knowledge and monitor interventions for rare diseases. If designed appropriately, patient and disease related information captured within them can become the cornerstone for effective diagnosis and new therapies. Surprisingly however, registries possess a diverse range of functionality, operate in different, often-times incompatible, software environments and serve various, and sometimes incongruous, purposes. Given the ambitious goals of the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium (IRDiRC) by 2020 and beyond, RDRs must be designed with the agility to evolve and efficiently interoperate in an ever changing rare disease landscape, as well as to cater for rapid changes in Information Communication Technologies. In this paper, we contend that RDR requirements will also evolve in response to a number of factors such as changing disease definitions and diagnostic criteria, the requirement to integrate patient/disease information from advances in either biotechnology and/or phenotypying approaches, as well as the need to adapt dynamically to security and privacy concerns. We dispel a number of myths in RDR development, outline key criteria for robust and sustainable RDR implementation and introduce the concept of a RDR Checklist to guide future RDR development.
Details
- Title
- Dispelling myths about rare disease registry system development
- Authors/Creators
- M. Bellgard (Author/Creator)C. Beroud (Author/Creator)K. Parkinson (Author/Creator)T. Harris (Author/Creator)S. Ayme (Author/Creator)G. Baynam (Author/Creator)T. Weeramanthri (Author/Creator)H. Dawkins (Author/Creator)A. Hunter (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Source Code for Biology and Medicine, Vol.8(1)
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Identifiers
- 991005542429407891
- Copyright
- © 2013 Bellgard et al.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Centre for Comparative Genomics; Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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