docs.healthdata.beProject name
Integrated Computerized Network General Practices
Project abbreviation
INTEGO
Project code
HDBP0147
Primary organization that oversees implementation of project
- Academisch Centrum Huisartsgeneeskunde (KU Leuven)
Partner organization participating in project
- Not available
Organization that commissioned this project
- Zorg en Gezondheid (ZG)
Organization providing monetary or material support
- Zorg en Gezondheid (ZG)
Brief project description
"Intego" stands for “integrated computerized network”. In 1990, the project started at the Department of General Practice of the KULeuven. The intention was to develop a large database on morbidity in primary care, to provide information on incidence and prevalence of diseases in Flanders, but also on diagnostic tests and treatments in general practice. The collection of data had to be done semi-automatically by which the data from the electronic medical records were copied and imported into a database. For this purpose a partnership was set up with the software firm Datasoft (later the company OmegaSoft Medical from the group Omega Pharma Company and then separated from this group under the name Corilus as part of Arseus), producer of medical software Medidoc. Intego has built a database that contains about 3 million diagnoses, 27 million laboratory results and 12 million prescriptions for medication. Our data are collected in general practices in Flanders.
Regulatory framework of this project
Consult the regulatory framework information published on the fair.healthdata.be pages.