Data and the Healthcare Revolution (DARE) v.1.0
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Data and the Healthcare Revolution (DARE)
IRAS ID
340385
Contact name
Catherine Montgomery
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Edinburgh
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
4 years, 11 months, 30 days
Research summary
‘Data and Healthcare ‘Revolution’’ (DARE) is a 5-year research project selected by the European Research Council and funded by the UKRI Frontier Research Guarantee scheme. The present study forms one component of this programme of work, which explores the intersection of data, care and learning in the era of data-driven transformations in healthcare. DARE asks what kinds of work are required to produce learning in healthcare at the intersection of clinical care, research and informatics; how data practices and care are related to each other; and how new forms of data and care work are changing how we think about time, place and personhood – questions of fundamental relevance to patients, healthcare providers and public alike.
The present study focuses on the shifting boundaries between research and care in the intensive care unit (ICU), specifically in relation to routine data and clinical trials. ICU has been chosen because it is currently at a pivotal moment in the turn to big data, which researchers think may help them to classify and treat patients in new and better ways. An ethnographic study involving 12 months of observation and qualitative interviews will be undertaken to understand digitisation and its relationship to care and learning in critical care in NHS Lothian. The research will look at the way in which digitisation and new trial designs are changing the way staff in ICU organise and think about their work. A researcher will observe the work of trialists, data scientists and healthcare staff and interview them about this. Participants will be recruited from academic and clinical sites, and national professional networks. The views of former patients/relatives will be sought. The study will provide new insights into the changing culture of research and care in ICU and contribute new knowledge about the relationship between big data and care.
REC name
London - Surrey Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
24/PR/0698
Date of REC Opinion
1 Jul 2024
REC opinion
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