GSTT Electronic Records Research Interface (GERRI)
Research type
Research Database
IRAS ID
257283
Contact name
Vicky Goh
Contact email
Research summary
London Medical Imaging and AI Centre for Value-Based Healthcare GSTT Electronic Records Research Interface (GERRI)
REC name
East Midlands - Leicester Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/EM/0112
Date of REC Opinion
11 May 2020
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
A de-identified database will be created from the routine electronic hospital records of Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) excluding opt-out requests from individuals or patients. The new research database will contain both unstructured data (e.g. free-text in letters and test reports), structured data (e.g. demographics, dates of clinical episodes, numeric data from laboratory tests, imaging).
This will use the next-generation technology Cogstack which was developed by King’s College Hospital NHS FoundationTrust (KCH) and South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (SLaM) from informatics development for the 100k Genome. This advanced homegrown NHS technology will allow for advanced analytics like natural language processing, semantic inference, real-time signal processing and artificial intelligence.
Research programme
We hope to set up a research database containing de-identified data derived from all the electronic health records, including picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and electronic patient records (EPR), of Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT). We will make data available for researchers with honorary or substantive contracts with GSTT and King’s Health Partners (KHP) for research, clinical audit, service evaluation and direct patient care and safety projects which can lead to better and safer treatments and services for all patients.
Research database title
London Medical Imaging and AI Centre for Value-Based Healthcare GSTT Electronic Records Research Interface (GERRI)
Establishment organisation
Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Establishment organisation address
St Thomas' Hospital
Westminster Bridge Road
SE1 7EH