Institution identification

Institution ID

6872

Institution full name and acronym

Health Search, Italian College of General Practicioners

Institution countries

Italy

Type of institution

Educational Institution
Other

Institution website

ENCePP partner

No
Institution description
The Italian College of General Practitioners (SIMG) is a scientific society aimed to promote the role of General Practice within the National Health System. The main activities are focused on education and research. Research is mainly developed throughout the Health Search network,based on: (1) a school in which primary care physicians (PCPs) receive training and shares the same standards for recording electronic patients information,(2) a database Health Search/CSD longitudinal patients database (HSD),where PCPs collects patients information. The group working with HSD data is a multidisciplinary team of epidemiologists,statisticians and IT experts,it provides value-added services to: (1) the PCPs who contribute to the HSD,(2) the stakeholders that are interested in using this research tool. Health Search-SIMG is currently involved in several national and multinational research projects on drug safety and drug utilization,HTA and health services research studies.
Institution details
Experience with collecting data directly from individual patients or respondents:
Yes
Interest in carrying out research that is funded by pharmaceutical companies:
Yes

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Studies conducted by the institution

A methodology to assess the population size and estimate the needed resources for new licensed medications by combining clinical and administrative databases: The example of glycated haemoglobin in type 2 diabetes
ACCESS template protocol for safety of COVID-19 vaccines
An Observational Post-Authorisation Safety Study of Lesinurad Patients (SATURATES)
Chronic Kidney Disease Eligible for SGLT2 Inhibitors Through the Integration of Italian Administrative and Primary Care Data
Drug Utilization Study (DUS) and post authorization safety study (PASS) on the fixed combination Tramadol-Dexketoprofen (DKP-TRAM)
Estimating prevalence and incidence of acute myocardial infarction in a set of heterogeneous sources of observational health data collaborating in the EMIF Platform
EUROPEAN NON-INTERVENTIONAL POST AUTHORIZATION SAFETY STUDY RELATED TO SERIOUS INFECTIONS FOR ROMOSOZUMAB BY THE EU ADR ALLIANCE
EUROPEAN NON-INTERVENTIONAL POST-AUTHORIZATION SAFETY STUDY RELATED TO ADHERENCE TO THE RISK MINIMIZATION MEASURES FOR ROMOSOZUMAB BY THE EU-ADR ALLIANCE
European non-interventional post-authorization safety study related to serious cardiovascular events of myocardial infarction and stroke, and all-cause mortality for romosozumab by the EU-ADR Alliance
How many and who are patients with heart failure eligible to SGLT2 inhibitors? Responses from the combination of administrative healthcare and primary care databases
Multinational database cohort study to assess RMP specified safety outcomes in association with indacaterol/glycopyrronium bromide in Europe
Real world data on new users of atypical antipsychotics: characterization, prescription patterns, healthcare costs and early cardio-metabolic occurrences from a large Italian database
Safety Evaluation of Adverse Reactions in Diabetes - Comparative studies (SAFEGUARD)
VALIDATION STUDY PROTOCOL (OP0007) FOR THE EUROPEAN NON-INTERVENTIONAL POST- AUTHORIZATION SAFETY STUDY RELATED TO SERIOUS CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND STROKE AND ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY FOR ROMOSOZUMAB BY THE EU-ADR ALLIANCE (OP0004) AND EUROPEAN NON-INTERVENTIONAL POST-AUTHORIZATION SAFETY STUDY RELATED TO SERIOUS INFECTIONS FOR ROMOSOZUMAB BY THE EU-ADR ALLIANCE (OP0006)