{"id":6601,"date":"2025-01-23T16:21:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T16:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dsru.org\/?post_type=dsrunews&#038;p=6601"},"modified":"2025-01-27T12:53:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T12:53:05","slug":"electronic-health-record-data","status":"publish","type":"dsrunews","link":"https:\/\/www.dsru.org\/dsrunews\/electronic-health-record-data\/","title":{"rendered":"CPRD studies: How we use UK electronic health record (EHR) data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conducting real-world post-authorisation studies on data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) is one of the DSRU\u2019s core activities. Recognition of the importance of real world data has increased greatly in recent years, especially amongst regulators, and the UK healthcare system is well-suited to the real-world approach. CPRD is the UK\u2019s general practice EHR database comprising anonymised data for 60 million patients across the UK, including 18 million current patients. CPRD provides unique opportunities for researchers to utilise the power of a longitudinal health dataset to answer a range of research questions. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dsru.org\/conducting-studies\/cprd-studies\/\">here<\/a> to watch our brief video and find out more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DSRU joined the VAC4EU consortium (Vaccine monitoring Collaboration for Europe) during the Covid pandemic in order to be able to collaborate with European partners to monitor the safety of vaccines across Europe. VAC4EU has 28 members including research organisations and public health institutes. The DSRU is a very active member having completed three vaccine safety studies with VAC4EU and currently undertaking a further 11 studies on Covid and non-Covid vaccines. Our Head of Epidemiology and Research, Debabrata Roy, is also a member of the VAC4EU Executive Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Examples of vaccine safety CPRD studies conducted by the DSRU as a VAC4EU member include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Clinical course, outcomes and risk factors of myocarditis and pericarditis following administration of Moderna vaccines targeting SARS-CoV-2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Post-Authorization Safety Study (PASS) among recipients of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 (COMIRNATY\u00ae)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A post-authorisation\/post-marketing observational study to evaluate the association between exposure to AZD1222 and safety concerns using existing secondary health data sources (COVID-19)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have also completed several studies focusing on the safety and utilisation of medicines using data from CPRD, including this retrospective cohort study:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/33587408\/\">Roy D, Akriche F, Amlani B, Shakir S. Utilisation and Safety of Polyethylene Glycol 3350 With Electrolytes in Children Under 2 Years: A Retrospective Cohort.\u00a0<em>J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr<\/em>. 2021;72(5):683-689. doi:10.1097\/MPG.0000000000003074 <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Need a CPRD study? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dsru.org\/contact-us\/\">Contact us<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6602,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"categories":[4],"class_list":["post-6601","dsrunews","type-dsrunews","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CPRD studies: How we use UK electronic health record (EHR) data - DSRU<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover our work with VAC4EU, monitoring vaccine safety across Europe, and our expertise in analysing CPRD\u2019s longitudinal EHR data covering 60M UK patients.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dsru.org\/dsrunews\/electronic-health-record-data\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CPRD studies: How we use UK electronic health record (EHR) data - 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