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iCARE ICHT Clinical text Dataset

Population Size

Not reported
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Years

2015

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Associated BioSamples

None/not available

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Geographic coverage

ICHT

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Lead time

1-2 months

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Summary

The iCARE clinical text data model is a HRA REC approved database covering free-text information from Imperial College Healthcare Trust (ICHT) Electronic Health Record. It contains free-text data for samples of ICHT patients captured during inpatient stays and includes patient notes and discharge summaries. It enables a number of AI and NLP related projects

Documentation

The iCARE clinical text data model is a HRA REC approved database covering free-text information from Imperial College Healthcare Trust (ICHT) Electronic Health Record. It contains free-text data for samples of ICHT patients captured during inpatient stays and includes patient notes and discharge summaries. It enables a number of AI and NLP related projects

Dataset type

Health and disease

Keywords

Provenance

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Details

Publishing frequency

Static

Version

1.0.0

Modified

24/06/2026

Citation Requirements

This research was enabled by the iCARE Digital Collaboration Space & Secure Data Environment and used the iCARE & WSIC team and data resources. Infrastructure support for this research was provided by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Imperial Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR203323) and the NIHR North-West London Patient Safety Research Collaboration (NIHR NWL PSRC, Ref. NIHR204292). The iCARE database was given favourable ethics approval by the South West Central Bristol Research Ethics Committee (reference 21/SW/0120 IRAS project ID 282093). The Whole System Integrated Care (WSIC) database was given favourable ethics approval by the West Midlands Solihull Research Ethics Committee (reference 18/WM/0323 IRAS project ID 252449). The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR, or the Department of Health and Social Care

Coverage

Start date

01/01/2015

Time lag

1-2 months

Geographic coverage

ICHT

Accessibility

Language

en

Alignment with standardised data models

LOCAL

Controlled vocabulary

LOCAL

Format

Application SQL

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Not available

Access rights

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/research-and-impact/groups/icare/icare-facility/information-for-researchers/

Time to dataset access

1-2 months

Access request cost

On request

Access method category

TRE/SDE

Access service description

We have set up a single route for applications to access Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust's (ICHT) de-identified patient data. Please read all the information to https://www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/research-and-impact/groups/icare/icare-facility/information-for-researchers/ before applying to access data.

The iCARE team are happy to support applications for all types of studies requiring access to routine data, however some types of studies may require further approvals or review by other committees, for example:

Transfer of data outside of the Trust Projects that involve contact with patients (e.g. clinical trials) Projects that require access to identifiable data We can provide details of these further approvals as part of the application process.

Jurisdiction

UK

Data use limitation

General research use

Data use requirements

Project-specific restrictions

Data Controller

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Data Processor

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Dataset Types: Health and disease

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