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...
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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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Making it easier for researchers to explore lifestyle impacts on health

Marta Pasikowska, Data Analyst

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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Information Governance – What’s that about and who would want to work in it?

Amy Tilbrook, Information Governance (IG) Facilitator

Amy Tilbrook, Information Governance (IG) Facilitator

I have Googled (other search engines are available) the terms “governance”, “information governance”, “data governance”, “governance framewor...
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Introducing the DataLoch Respiratory Registry 03/04/2023

The DataLoch Respiratory Registry is the first registry developed by the team. It is designed to improve support for respiratory researchers ...
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Key DataLoch enhancements – March 2023 03/04/2023

Since the full launch of the DataLoch service in August 2022, support for researchers has expanded through further improving the data quality...
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