Irish Unrelated Bone Marrow Registry (IUBMR)

Data Collection Type
National data collections of health and social care in Ireland
Organisation

The Irish Thoracic Society

Year established

2016 — pilot in three centres.

Statement of purpose

The main objective of the Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Registry of Ireland is to provide for the relief of sickness, suffering, and distress, and to advance education by collecting and analysing information relating to interstitial lung disease in Ireland, which can be used to facilitate research and provide accurate reports in order to monitor and improve treatments which will contribute to the quality of care of persons with interstitial lung disease. 

Coverage

National.

Description

Identify, record, analyse, and store information relating to the prevalence, incidence, and treatment of ILD in the Republic of Ireland. This will allow us to provide data on the long-term prognosis of ILD in the Republic of Ireland, and to compare this information with international data. We will particularly focus on Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) in view of recent and international developments in this disease. 
Provide a framework on which to develop strategies in the evaluation of novel treatments in ILD and facilitate treatment of these patients in a fair and appropriate manner.  
Promote and facilitate the use of clinical data in approved research projects, relating to the causes, distribution, treatment, and outcome of ILD in the Republic of Ireland.
Enhance and develop important dialogue and information streams to the HSE in Ireland that will assist in the planning and management of health services and essential resources for ILD in Ireland.

Data content

Patient demographics, diagnostic procedures performed, treatment and outcomes.

Data providers

Currently the following centres: Galway University Hospital, Cork University Hospital, Tallaght Hospital, Limerick University Hospital. St Vincent’s University Hospital and Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin will commence data input in 2017.

Data collection methodology

Data is inputted to the registry via a standard web browser.  Data is stored in a central system which can be accessed by the ITS only.

Data dictionary

Not available

Clinical coding scheme

Not applicable.

Size of national collection

It is expected that 200 records will be created on average annually.

Publication frequency

It is planned at a minimum to publish data in the form of an annual report.

Accessing data

By application to the Irish Thoracic Society ILD oversight committee which is composed of members of the ITS and lay members both medical and non-medical.

Open data portal access

No

Telephone contact
Other comments

The Registry was developed in 2014/2015 and the first data was inputted on a pilot basis from three centres in 2016.