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Collaboration

In light of the COVID-19 crisis, in March 2020 colleagues from NHS Lothian and the University of Edinburgh asked the DataLoch team to help in the production of a dedicated COVID-19-linked dataset. This request was motivated by a need to support immediate hospital-based service management and to provide a foundation for active and anticipated regional and national research into the outbreak.

The DataLoch team, working in collaboration with clinicians on NHS Lothian data, built a linked COVID-19 dataset for use by approved researchers on 30 April 2020.

Collaboration

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Projects Delivered

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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...

Enabling early prediction and intervention for dementia using AI and routine electronic health record data Mr Andrew Conkie Non Covid-19 Project

Dementia risk prediction models have focused on populations at already known high risk, and those in whom non-routine investigations like detailed brain...

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Perspectives

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The untapped potential of clinical free-text: understanding privacy risk in electronic health records

Arlene Casey, Dunhill Medical Trust Research Fellow | Principal NLP Data Scientist

At Scotland’s Health Research and Innovation Conference, I recently gave a presentation (awarded best talk) to delve into our Scottish Safe H...

Making it easier for researchers to explore lifestyle impacts on health

Marta Pasikowska, Data Analyst

As part of our March 2023 update, we focused on developing a portfolio of lifestyle data – such as Body Mass Index (BMI) measurements and smo...

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News

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Key DataLoch enhancements – November 2023 01/11/2023

Since our last update, we have been working hard to improve data quality in several areas for the benefit of innovative research and NHS serv...

Venn diagram showing cohort sizes: 177,700 in Asthma, 55,200 in COPD, and 23,700 in ILD

Updates to the DataLoch Respiratory Registry 01/11/2023

Following the launch of the DataLoch Respiratory Registry earlier this year, we are delighted to announce that our registry has been updated ...

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