title: Legal issues to address when managing clinical information across Europe: the ECIT case study (www.ECIT.info).
abstract: This paper identifies issues which will need to be addressed in pursuing the aims and objectives of the European Classification of Infertility Taskforce (ECIT), namely: to establish classification codes for infertility management; to improve the consistency of infertility information collection by specialist centres, particularly but not exclusively by computerised systems; to use these codes to enable the transfer of infertility information from specialist centres to national infertility data registries; to develop a Grid linking the data held in European infertility data registries; to use Grid processing to mine the data in the European infertility data registries to optimise patient management improving the effectiveness of treatment and reducing the risk.
authors.affiliation: Bevan Brittan Solicitors, London, UK.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lawford Davies
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jenkins
mesh_terms: D032821:Commodification; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000145:classification*; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018973:Intellectual Property; D007391:International Cooperation; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*