QResearch pioneer honoured
A GP who set up the QResearch database, using anonymised data from around 10m patients registered at EMIS practices, has been honoured for her work. Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox, professor of clinical epidemiology and general practice at Nottingham University, had been awarded the John Fry Silver Medal by the Royal College of GPs. The medal commemorates […]
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Diabetes predictor based on QResearch
A simple new score that could help to identify those at most risk of developing type 2 diabetes has been developed using the QResearch database, researchers have announced. A study published on BMJ.com reveals details of QDScore, the new diabetes risk algorithm. The researchers say this can identify people at high risk of diabetes, enabling […]
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QRisk2 helps to predict risk of heart attacks
Researchers have used anonymised GP records to develop a new method for assessing whether people are at risk from cardiovascular diseases (CVD), which they claim will improve national diagnosis rates and better identify those at risk among black and minority ethnic groups. QRisk2 is a new equation developed to help doctors identify those most at risk […]
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Europe-wide project to detect drug reactions
QResearch, the not-for-profit research partnership between EMIS and the University of Nottingham, is supporting a new European-wide initiative, the ALERT project, to detect adverse drug reactions (ADRs) faster. The project will involve a consortium of 18 leading European research institutions using clinical data from the electronic healthcare records (EHRs) of over 30m patients from European […]
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Doctor develops diagnostic diabetes software
A GP has developed software that he believes could help identify up to 60,000 patients with undiagnosed diabetes. The software has already been installed in EMIS practices following the research project conducted by Dr Tim Holt, a GP in Warwickshire and clinical lecturer at Warwick University Medical School. Dr Holt and his colleagues looked for […]
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QRisk could cut heart disease
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has recommended that the QRisk formula for identifying those most at risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) replace the current guidance in England and Wales QRisk is an online calculator which works out a patient’s risk of getting CVD, created by doctors and academics from the QResearch board […]
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GP records play key role in most popular paper
A database of anonymised GP records was the source for the most popular research paper of 2005 published by the British Medical Journal. The study, which showed that ibuprofen and other commonly used painkillers could increase the risk of a heart attack, was published in June 2005 in the BMJ. The online version of the […]
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GP database study raises questions about NSAIDS
A database of anonymised GP records run by the University of Nottingham and EMIS has provided the data for a study published this week saying that Ibuprofen and other commonly used painkillers for treating inflammation may increase the risk of heart attack. The study, which appeared in this week’s edition of the BMJ, said patients […]
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