Research involving clinical registries

This section is relevant to any program involved in clinical registry data collection on Alfred Health patients where data collection is wholly or partially intended for the purposes of contributing to a clinical registry.

Researchers should:

1. read the Alfred Health Support for Clinical Registries Policy

2. submit the following documents to the Director of the Applications & Knowledge Management (AKM) department:

  • the proposed data dictionary, which details the data set
  • the document that most clearly and fully sets out the proposed collection method (Protocol or Project Proposal or Data Management Policy & Procedures)
  • the AKM Resource Centre Declaration

3. submit their ethics and/or site-specific assessment application (including the signed AKM Resource Centre Declaration) to the Office of Ethics & Research Governance.