Creating a population data resource: the SAIL databank Seminar

The Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) databank has been established to link together the widest possible range of health-related, individual-level data of the people of Wales to create a powerful infrastructure capable of supporting a wide range of research. Developed and operated by Swansea University's Health Information Research Unit, SAIL uses high-powered computing combined with a range of privacy protecting approaches to safeguard the 2billion+ linked events in the databank. HIRU is actively developing new tools, techniques and data sources to enhance SAIL's research utility for an ever increasing user base, and to improve the richness of the data resources available. The seminar will provide an overview of SAIL, it's IG approaches and the way in which researchers may access SAIL.