Q: How to participate?
A: Following registration, the GEO-TBI team will review your centre and guide on the following steps. Once participation is approved by your local centre, you will receive login details to
access the Orion platform.
You can then start uploading patient data directly to the registry (patient-by-patient or from pre-existing sources in e-spreadsheet format). You will also be able to create bespoke datasets for extended data collection.
Q: What are the inclusion criteria of the registry?
A: Any TBI patient that required neurosurgical admission, a neurosurgical procedure or a critical care admission may be included in the core dataset. In addition, centres may define bespoke inclusion criteria for
local use.
Q: Why should we participate?
A: The GEO-TBI registry is an online registry where you will be able to upload data from your local patients. This will provide:
Q: I need technical help with uploading data or accessing the registry etc.
A: Real-time technical support is available through the registry platform – navigate to “help” page on the Orion platform.
Q: Is patient data anonymised?
A: Yes, all patient data on the registry is anonymous – no identifiable patient data will be available thereby protecting patients from all centres.
Q: What is the data sharing policy with regards to data ownership and publications?
A: Data ownership, full local data access and the means for its unlimited use remain with the local centres. Anonymised data is shared with the central GEO-TBI team. Participating centres may request access to the multi-centre data
to research further hypotheses.
Q: Is an ethical review board approval required for participating centres?
A: This registry is a clinical auditing and service improvement tool. As such, we anticipate that ethical approval will be waived by the participating centres – however local policies may vary, and if additional reviews are required,
we recommend following the local pathway for approval of participation.