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Review
. 2024 Mar;52(3):3000605241233140.
doi: 10.1177/03000605241233140.

The role of registries in improving health and bridging healthcare, research, education, innovation and development: a research department perspective

Maria Lourdes Posadas-Martinez  1 , Jimena Vicens  1 , Adriana Ruth Dawidowski  1 , Marcela Alejandra Martinez Von Scheidt  1 , Vanina Laura Pagotto  1 , Gabriela Alejandra Blugerman  1 , Monica Gabriela Schpilberg  1 , Adrian Carlos Gadano  1
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Review

The role of registries in improving health and bridging healthcare, research, education, innovation and development: a research department perspective

Maria Lourdes Posadas-Martinez et al. J Int Med Res. 2024 Mar.

Abstract

Health registries are organized systems that collect data on individuals with a particular disease, condition or exposure. The aim of this narrative review was to provide an integrated perspective from the Research Department at the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina, on how health registries can be used as a bridge between healthcare, research, education, innovation and development while addressing ethical challenges. The review includes a description of the experience of a registry implemented at our institution, which has provided healthcare for 170 years, and is committed to support, education and research. We focus on the potential of health registries to provide better value healthcare by reducing healthcare costs and improving health outcomes and quality of care, and to improve medical knowledge. However, we also acknowledge and discuss the challenges that accompany these achievements, such as that of ethical issues. Through effective collaboration and integration with other healthcare stakeholders, health registries can be a powerful tool to promote better health.

Keywords: Health registry; development; education; epidemiology; ethics; innovation; patient care; research.

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Declaration of conflicting interestThe authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

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