Four weeks to apply to QInnovation
QResearch has issued a final call for entries to its QInnovation Award, which offers clinical researchers grants of up to £10,000.
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Hippisley-Cox wins John Perry Prize
Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox has won the John Perry prize for her work developing the Open Pseudonymiser tool.
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EHI interview: Sean Riddell
Sean Riddell stepped down as chief executive of EMIS Group at the end of last month. Rebecca Todd speaks to him about his 23 years in the GP IT industry.
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EMIS Web integrates diabetes tool
An online assessment tool designed to identify people at risk of diabetes has been integrated into EMIS Web.
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QResearch marks ten years with 10k award
QResearch has launched a £10,000 award for research teams involved in projects that are likely to benefit patients and improve clinical care in primary health.
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QCancer may be built into GP systems
Algorithms designed to help the early detection of cancer may be integrated into GP IT systems.
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Web calculator identifies statins risks
Researchers have developed a web calculator to identify patients at high-risk of adverse events from statins after a study found some may have unintended effects. The study on statins, published in the BMJ, used the QResearch database of patients from UK GP practices to look at adverse outcomes from statins and found some can lead […]
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Time changes consultations
The proportion of primary care consultations conducted by telephone has trebled over the past 14 years, according to the largest ever study of trends in consultation rates. In 1995, 3% of GP practice consultations were conducted over the telephone; but by the end of 2008 the figure had risen to 12%. At the same time, consultations […]
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Swine Flu tracking on Qsurveillance
Healthcare IT system supplier EMIS is encouraging its GPs practices to sign up to its primary care tracking database QSurveillance to help provide national and local information on swine flu. EMIS said the QSurveillance database is already providing information on 23m patients from 3500 GP practices and that the level of detail provided in reports […]
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Research backs QRISK
The QRISK formula for identifying patients most at risk of developing cardiovascular disease should replace the Framingham risk score in the UK, researchers recommend today. A study published in the BMJ compares the performance of the QRISK and Framingham scores for predicting 10-year cardiovascular disease risk in more than 1m UK patients. It found that, on every […]
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