The importance of clinical research lies in the search for effective and safe diagnosis, treatment, and prevention methods and, on this basis, the creation of recommendations for general clinical use. The effectiveness of any therapeutic or preventive intervention is often studied in numerous clinical studies, the results of which may be heterogeneous. The availability of databases in the healthcare system is called upon to bring the quality of medical services provided to a new level. Medical staff collects information about patients and their diseases, not only to preserve information about them but also so that researchers can study various conditions using state clinical databases.
Patient information helps researchers find more effective ways of care and treatment based on previous data. Researchers use only part of the information, but the more reliable it is, the more successful their results are. Yang et al. (2020) state that the patient’s personal information is hidden from researchers so that borders are not violated, and only those necessary data for the study of diseases are used. From government databases, researchers can obtain information about patients, that is, their gender, age, ethnicity, illness, and physiological characteristics. In addition, databases provide information about past and future treatment, as well as current results. Based on these data, researchers will be able to track the effectiveness of therapy and adjust it if necessary.
The state databases also contain information about the medications prescribed to the patient, the dosage, and the effectiveness of administration. Also, researchers will need to know what medical and surgical interventions the patient has undergone, what they still have to do, and how long the treatment has been effective (Dash et al., 2019). In addition to this information, scientists may also need information about prescribed prescription drugs and outpatient treatment data. Databases can also contain information about the analysis and results submitted by the patient, which will undoubtedly play an essential role in the search for treatment.
Some government databases may have weather information. This aspect of the analysis is necessary so that doctors and researchers know what weather conditions were at the time of deterioration of the patient and whether they matter or not. Databases can also help compile statistics on such diseases and track how effective or ineffective the treatment prescribed by the doctor was (Wu et al., 2021). If practical, researchers can save information in order to find the most effective way to treat various diseases in the future based on the results obtained and summarized.
In conclusion, databases used by state medical institutions are necessary for many reasons. Undoubtedly, they are a convenient way to save information about patients, but they also help researchers study various diseases. There is a large amount of data needed to obtain reliable results. To do this, every examination, surgical and therapeutic intervention, prescribed medications, tests performed, and all the results are described in databases. Based on the totality of all the information, scientists will be able to understand which treatment was most effective for the patient, as well as how this treatment can be improved to make it even more beneficial.
References
Dash, S., Shakyawar, S.K., Sharma, M., & Kaushik, S. (2019). Big data in healthcare: Management, analysis and future prospects. Journal of Big Data, 6(54), 1-25.
Wu, WT., Li, YJ., Feng, AZ., Li, L., Huang, T., Xu, AD., & Lyu, J. (2021). Data mining in clinical big data: The frequently used databases, steps, and methodological models. Military Medical Research, 8(44), 1-12.
Yang, J., Li, Y., Liu, Q., Li, L., Feng, A., Wang, T., Zheng, S., Xu, A., & Liu, J. (2020). Brief introduction of medical database and data mining technology in big data era. Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 13(1), 57–69.