| THIN Database Description Background The Health Improvement Network (THIN) is collaboration between two companies: EPIC (provider of the primary care patient data that is used for medical research) and In Practice Systems (InPS) (developer and supplier of the computer software Vision used by general practitioners in the UK). THIN consists of the anonymised patient records that are downloaded directly from the GP’s office providing timely medical information for research purposes. THIN data are collected in a non-intrusive fashion during the routine practice of the general practitioner (GP) and therefore reflect "real life", allowing rapid analyses using any study design of diseases and prescribed medicines and treatments. Download PDF of Complete THIN Description |