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NHS Lothian Secondary Care - Patient Management System extracts

Description

Extracts from NHS Lothian Patient Management System (TrakCare). These records include any patients treated within NHS Lothian hospitals and facilities and involve clinical events on the patient journey through the NHS Lothian secondary care system.

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    "title": "NHS Lothian Secondary Care -  Patient Management System extracts",
    "abstract": "Extracts from NHS Lothian Patient Management System (TrakCare). These records include any patients treated within NHS Lothian hospitals and facilities and involve clinical events on the patient journey through the NHS Lothian secondary care system.",
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    "publisher": {
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      "gatewayId": "6853e904-ed51-448b-b78d-55dee6d1a40f"
    },
    "inPipeline": "Not available",
    "shortTitle": "NHS Lothian Secondary Care -  Patient Management System extracts",
    "datasetType": "Health and disease",
    "description": "Extracts include demographics, emergency attendances, inpatient admissions, ordered tests and investigations. These are complementary to the Lothian extracts from Scottish Morbidity Records.",
    "contactPoint": "dataloch@ed.ac.uk",
    "datasetSubType": "Not applicable",
    "populationSize": 2600000
  },
  "coverage": {
    "pathway": "Secondary Care",
    "spatial": "United Kingdom,Scotland,City of Edinburgh;,;United Kingdom,Scotland,East Lothian;,;United Kingdom,Scotland,Midlothian;,;United Kingdom,Scotland,West Lothian",
    "followUp": "Other",
    "typicalAgeRange": "0-150"
  },
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    "issued": "2024-10-08T11:32:03.060793Z",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "modified": "2024-10-08T11:32:03.060808Z",
    "gatewayId": "806",
    "revisions": [
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      }
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  },
  "provenance": {
    "origin": {
      "source": "EPR",
      "imageContrast": "Not stated",
      "collectionSituation": "Secondary care - Accident and Emergency;,;Secondary care - Outpatients;,;Secondary care - In-patients;,;Other"
    },
    "temporal": {
      "timeLag": "Less than 1 week",
      "startDate": "1996-01-01",
      "accrualPeriodicity": "Daily"
    }
  },
  "observations": [
    {
      "observedNode": "Persons",
      "measuredValue": 2600000,
      "observationDate": "2022-09-02",
      "measuredProperty": "Count",
      "disambiguatingDescription": "Number of patients in the Patient Management system."
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": {
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      "resourceCreator": {
        "name": "NHS Lothian"
      },
      "dataUseLimitation": "Project-specific restrictions"
    },
    "access": {
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      "jurisdiction": "GB-SCT",
      "accessService": "https://dataloch.org/data/how-to-apply",
      "dataProcessor": "University of Edinburgh",
      "dataController": "NHS Lothian",
      "deliveryLeadTime": "Not applicable",
      "accessRequestCost": "https://dataloch.org/data/how-to-apply"
    },
    "formatAndStandards": {
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      "languages": "en",
      "vocabularyEncodingSchemes": "LOCAL;,;NHS SCOTLAND NATIONAL CODES"
    }
  }
}

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Additional information

  • Documentation
    Documentation
  • Language
    English
  • Geographic Area
    Scotland

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  • Publisher
    DataLoch
  • Contact
    dataloch@ed.ac.uk

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Key Details

  • Formal release or publication date
    No information available
  • Start time period of data covered by this dataset
    01/01/1996
  • End time period of data covered by this dataset
    No information available
  • Documentation
    Extracts include demographics, emergency attendances, inpatient admissions, ordered tests and investigations. These are complementary to the Lothian extracts from Scottish Morbidity Records.
  • Geographic Area
    United Kingdom, Scotland, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Scotland, East Lothian, United Kingdom, Scotland, Midlothian, United Kingdom, Scotland, West Lothian
  • Landing page
  • Language
    English
  • The dataset type
    PHYSICAL
  • Update frequency
    daily