DLM 460 (10/06/2014)
DLM 460 (10/06/2014)
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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.
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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)