Medical progress is possible largely because we learn from oursuccesses and our failures. Researchers often make an assessmentof where things stand for a given medical condition throughdisease registries that attempt to include everyone who hasreceived a diagnosis of and been treated for a given conditionin an institution, a region, or a nation. These critical databases have been used to help us understand how care is deliveredand the outcomes achieved. Sadly, around the world, data repositoriesare now at risk of significant bias because concern about privacyhas led to the requirement that consent . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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Clark A. M., Jamieson R., Findlay I. N., McKenna M. T., Wingo P., Gibson J. J., Haidinger G., Vutuc C., Maier M., Tu J. V., Silver F. L., Kapral M. K.
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