Week 1 : Electronic Health Records for Research

Question 1

Why do most top-selling drugs fail to work on 50-70% of patients?

Answer 1

• Over-simplistic representations of disease phenotypes
• Highly-heterogeneous underlying biological mechanisms

Question 2

How is healthcare changing?

Answer 2

The increase in personalised medicine

Question 3

What are the 3 types of care from the NHS?

Answer 3

• Primary care (GP)
• Secondary and tertiary care (public & private hospitals)
• Community care (social care services)

Question 4

List the 5 different types of Electronic Health Record flavours.

Answer 4

• Structured (height, weight, blood pressure etc.)
• Semi-structured
• Unstructured (written narratives, clinical records etc.)
• Binary (X-Rays, screenings etc.)
• Streaming (Health watches etc.)

Question 5

What does CPRD stand for?

Answer 5

Clinical Practice Research Datalink

Question 6

What is under Primary Care EHR?

Answer 6

CPRD

Question 7

What kind of data is recorded in GP practices?

Answer 7

Longitudinal data

Question 8

Give examples of longitudinal data recorded in GP practices.

Answer 8

• Diagnoses
• Medication
• Test results
• Referrals

Question 9

What does HES stand for?

Answer 9

Hospital Episode Statistics

Question 10

What is under Secondary Care EHR?

Answer 10

HES

Question 11

What is Hospital Episode Statistics?

Answer 11

Data collected from all inpatient, outpatient, and A&E encounters in England e.g. diagnoses, procedures, demographics

Question 12

What does MINAP stand for?

Answer 12

Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project