The disease registry plans to send a team to Williamsburg early next year to test again.
In its simplest form, a disease registry could consist of a collection of paper cards kept inside "a shoe box" by an individual physician.
Agency for toxic substances and disease registry.
GPRD could be linked to external disease registries on an individual patient level.
She added, "In addition, this landmark step will cause other databases of sensitive patient information or disease registries to be seriously contemplated in the future."
People with CF may be listed in a disease registry that allows researchers and doctors to track health results and identify candidates for clinical trials.
The cost-effectiveness of a disease registry is related with the cost-effectiveness of prevention of specific medical conditions.
In the United States, Medicare also started a 1.5% P4P contract based on health measures that can be tracked by disease registries.
According to the Agency of Toxic Substances & Disease Registry:
The study is being done by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in Atlanta.