Projects Delivered

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Quality of Life after Brain Tumour Diagnosis Dr Michael Poon Non Covid-19 Project

Our understanding of life after brain tumour diagnosis is limited. Healthcare professionals often see brain tumour patients at the time of investigation o...

Understanding and predicting mortality and significant events in later life using routinely collected data Dr Carys Pugh Non Covid-19 Project

People in the UK are living longer, but many older people have multiple health problems. The NHS and local authorities do not always provide joined-up or ...

Better ascertainment of geriatric syndromes in electronic health records using natural language processing: the pilot Dr Beatrice Alex Non Covid-19 Project

People in the UK are living longer, and more people now live with multiple conditions. Healthcare focuses on single diseases, and is often not good at dea...

Prospective validation of the CoDE-HF algorithm for the diagnosis of acute heart failure (ProVa CoDE-HF) Dr Ken Lee Non Covid-19 Project

Acute heart failure is a life-threatening condition where the heart is suddenly unable to pump blood around the body. It can be challenging to diagnose be...

MyDiabetes Inpatient Management (MyDIM); improving hospital management of diabetes through design and testing of a data-driven decision support tool Dr Deborah J Wake Non Covid-19 Project

Almost 10% of the global population has diabetes and rising; 15-17% of all UK hospital (inpatient) beds are occupied by people with diabetes at any time, ...

Radiological imaging in patients tested for COVID-19 Dr Michelle Williams Covid-19 Project

COVID-19 can be identified by looking for changes in the lungs on chest x-rays and computed tomography (CT) scans. Different imaging features may be assoc...

Testing over 70s on admission to hospital for COVID-19 Professor Nick Mills Covid-19 Project

In late April 2020, a change in COVID-19 testing strategy was implemented in NHS Lothian after a Scottish Government instruction to test all patients over...

Data driven innovation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Dr Gourab Choudhury Non Covid-19 Project

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common lung condition, often caused by smoking. Patients living with COPD may suffer from shortness of b...