Statements & References
Data Sharing Statement (if required by a journal):
Datasets from GEMINI are not permitted to be shared openly given they contain potentially sensitive patient information, based on the data governance policies of the GEMINI research network and its research ethics board-approved study protocols. Data can be accessed in the secure GEMINI research environment. Information about data access can be obtained at www.geminimedicine.ca, by contacting GEMINI.Data@unityhealth.to, or upon request to the corresponding author.
Acknowledgement of Funders Statement (required for all projects):
This study was supported by GEMINI, a research program based out of Unity Health Toronto. The development of GEMINI’s data platform has been supported by several funding partners, which can be found listed at https://geminimedicine.ca/partners/. All analyses, results, conclusions, and opinions presented in this paper are solely those of the listed authors and are independent from GEMINI’s funding sources. No endorsement by GEMINI’s funding sources is intended, nor should it be inferred.
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ICES-GEMINI Statement (required for ICES-GEMINI projects):
ICES’ use of the data for this project was conducted pursuant to section 45 of Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act. ICES’ use of GEMINI data was also approved by the REB for Unity Health Toronto (SMH REB: 20-216, CTO ID: 3344).
All publications using GEMINI data should cite the following original studies:
Data validation study: Assessing the quality of clinical and administrative data extracted from hospitals: the General Medicine Inpatient Initiative (GEMINI) experience
Data quality assurance study: Optimizing the efficiency and effectiveness of data quality assurance in a multicenter clinical dataset
If you’re using GEMINI data between 2010-2015, please cite this publication too.