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What Are Codelists and How Are They Constructed?
In this blog we explain what codelists are, how they are constructed and review existing literature on construction processes.
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OpenSAFELY Wins CogX Award for Open Science Innovation
The OpenSAFELY Collaborative has won a prestigious CogX Award for the Best Innovation in Open Source Technology
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NHS England Medicines Optimisation Opportunities - A new dashboard on OpenPrescribing
In this blog we describe how to use and access the NHS England Medicines Optimisation Oppurtunitites dashboard on OpenPrescribing
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OpenSAFELY Service Restoration Observatory: Key Measures
In this blog, we describe the development of a set of key measures used to monitor the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary care as part of the OpenSAFELY Service Restoration Observatory (SRO). The results from this work have now been published in eLife.
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Introduction to the Information Governance Team
Here we introduce the Bennett Institute’s Information Governance team, explaining who they are, and what they do.
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Challenges in Estimating COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Using Observational Data
Our new paper describes some of the biases that exist when estimating COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness using routinely-collected health data, and discusses the use of target trial emulation to avoid or mitigate these biases.
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An Introduction to Clinical Codes and Terminology Systems
An introduction to what clinical codes are, why they are used and the terminology systems used within OpenSAFELY work.
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Running the OpenSAFELY Output Checking Service
A summary of our findings from running the OpenSAFELY output checking service.
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