Background Validation studies of the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) Aurum
database in the UK are critical for making decisions about its suitability and validity for …

Ongoing evaluation of any electronic health data source is critical to assess suitability for its
use in medical research. In addition, familiarity with a data source's history and recording …

Background Disease-specific registers may be used for measuring and improving
healthcare and patient outcomes, and for disease surveillance and research, provided they …

Background Though administrative databases are increasingly being used for research
related to myocardial infarction (MI), the validity of MI diagnoses in these databases has …

Purpose To assess whether acute myocardial infarction (MI) diagnoses in national health
registers are sufficiently correct and complete to replace manual collection of endpoint data …

Abstract Background The Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) GOLD is an extremely
influential UK primary care dataset for epidemiological research having a number of …

Electronic health records (EHRs) offer the opportunity to ascertain clinical outcomes at large
scale and low cost, thus facilitating cohort studies, quality of care research and clinical trials …

Objective To determine the completeness and diagnostic validity of myocardial infarction
recording across four national health record sources in primary care, hospital care, a …

Abstract Purpose The Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) now provides a new
medical record database, CPRD Aurum. This is the second of several studies being …

Abstract Background: The National Service Framework (NSF) for Coronary Heart Disease
requires annual clinical audit of the care of patients with myocardial infarction, with little …