Vaccine Safety Research, Data Access, and Public Trust - Softcover

Institute Of Medicine; Board On Health Promotion And Disease Prevention; Committee On The Review Of The National Immunization Program's Research Procedures And Data Sharing Program

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309095913 ISBN 13: 9780309095914

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2005

Synopsis

The Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) is a large, linked database of patient information that was developed jointly by CDC and several private managed care organizations in 1991. It includes data on vaccination histories, health outcomes, and characteristics of more than 7 million patients of eight participating health organizations. Researchers from CDC and the managed care groups have used VSD information to study whether health problems are associated with vaccinations. The subsequent VSD data sharing program was launched in 2002 to allow independent, external researchers access to information in the database. In this report, the committee that was asked to review aspects of this program recommends that two new oversight groups are needed to ensure that the policies and procedures of the VSD and its data sharing program are implemented as fairly and openly as possible.

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Committee on the Review of the National Immunization Program's Research Procedures and Data Sharing Program

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309095913
• ISBN 13: 9780309095914
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152