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DLM 460 (10/06/2014)

DLM 460 (10/06/2014)

  • THIN Data Collection - There are four new clinical entities being collected by the The Health Information Network (THIN) data collecting process. A catch-up collection therefore needs to be run and sent on receipt of DLM 460. The additional records collected are those displayed within the:
    • Ethnicity SDA
    • Religion SDA
    • Language spoken SDA
    • Language read SDA

    THIN data collection is described in separate user guides available from THIN.

  • CPRD Changes - We have made some general changes to the CPRD (formerly GPRD) module:
    • CPRD - GPRD is now known as CPRD.
    • Define Collection Type - Option has been removed.
    • Email option - Removed from Start Collection and Copy to Media.
    • Browse - Updated to a standard Windows Folder Select screen.
    • Error messages - Updated with additional information for the INPS helpline.
    • Start Collection
    • Automatic Copy to Media - Tick box removed.
    • Browse - Button enabled and populated with the last destination used.
    • Removable Storage Devices - Automatically detected.
    • .ZIP file - Held in P:\Extract if there are any issue during transfer.
    • General Collection Process
    • Prefixes - Automatic collection prefixes M and D are introduced.
    • Check for .ZIP file - To prevent an unsent .ZIP being overwritten in error.
    • Creation of .Zip file - At the end of every collection.
    • New Entities Collected.

    See Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD)