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Clinical Record Interactive Search (CRIS)


What is CRIS?

The Clinical Record Interactive Search (CRIS) system is a computer system that allows researchers at the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) to carry out research using information from South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust clinical records. CRIS is safe and secure, and patients' personal details cannot be accessed by researchers who use it.

CRIS helps us to look at real life situations on a large scale. This means it's easier to see patterns and trends, like what treatments work for some and don't work for others.

Applications to access CRIS and the analyses carried out using CRIS are closely reviewed, monitored and audited by a CRIS Oversight Committee, which carries representation from the Maudsley Caldicott Guardian and is chaired by a service user. The CRIS Oversight Committee is responsible for ensuring all research applications comply with ethical and legal guidelines.

CRIS was developed with extensive involvement from service users and adheres to strict governance frameworks managed by service users. It has passed a robust ethics approval process acutely attentive to the use of patient data. The data is used in an entirely anonymised and data-secure format and all patients have the choice to opt-out of their anonymised data being used.

We believe CRIS can make a real and positive difference to future treatments and care.

 

CRIS Information poster and leaflet

Download the latest CRIS information poster and CRIS information leaflet for more information.

 

CRIS Drop-In events

If you would like to find out more about CRIS, we run regular Drop-In events at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at Denmark Hill. Meet the CRIS team and find out how we can help you. 

The next date will be Wednesday 3 April 2024, 09.00-12.00 in Room M.304, on the 3rd floor of the IoPPN Main Building, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Denmark Hill Campus, 16 De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AB.

Please contact us if you are interested in attending at cris.administrator@slam.nhs.uk

 

CRIS: a timeline

CRIS: a timeline

See a timeline of events throughout the history of CRIS.
CRIS Team

CRIS Team

Meet the staff who support CRIS infrastructure, development and training.
CRIS Blog

CRIS Blog

To find out more about some of the work underway using CRIS, read our CRIS Blog.
Information for Researchers

Information for Researchers

The CRIS team have developed a number of resources to support researchers at all stages of their CRIS project.
CRIS projects

CRIS projects

Add the criteria you are looking for into the relevant search field and see the relevant projects.
COVID-19 research

COVID-19 research

Since the lockdown began the CRIS team have worked to turn around research activity and focus this on the pandemic and its consequences for people using mental health services.

 

 

CRIS Publications

CRIS Publications

See a list of peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed studies which used the CRIS database.
CRIS Bulletin

CRIS Bulletin

On this page you can find out more about important work and recent outcomes by the CRIS team and researchers.
CRIS Data Linkages

CRIS Data Linkages

The Clinical Data Linkage Service (CDLS) enables us to join or ‘link’ information (‘data’) from CRIS with other clinical sources within a secure ‘safe haven’.
Commercial partnerships

Commercial partnerships

Read about CRIS use in commercial partnerships.
Natural Language Processing (NLP) Service

Natural Language Processing (NLP) Service

We have set up the CRIS Natural Language Processing (NLP) Service to facilitate the extraction of anonymised information from the free text of the trust's clinical records.