January 19, 2016
The CDR Advantage: Why Registry Research Minimizes Study Bias for Performance Improvement
The Clinical Data Registry is a powerful research tool for improving patient health. But what makes Registry-based study design better than pre-post study design? The answer has far-reaching implications for how we will use data to determine treatment effectiveness in the future, as well as how we will meet the challenge of improving health outcomes. Research can be built on the case-control study, observational study designs, N-of-1 study designs, randomized trials or the N-of-1 population study. Most of these approaches—except those facilitated by a Registry—will be limited by small patient samples due to the patient selection process. But that’s a…
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