What is THIN data?
What is THIN data?
The Health Improvement Network (THIN) is a large European database of fully anonymised and non-extrapolated Electronic Health Records collected at the physicians’ level. Cegedim provides access to precise, ethical, actionable and fully anonymised longitudinal patient data from the THIN database.
What is a thin study?
Background: The Health Improvement Network (THIN) is a new medical records database that contains records from general practices some of which have or continue to participate in the General Practice Research Database (GPRD) and others that never participated in GPRD.
In which year Health Improvement Network began collecting data?
Data. Data collection commenced in January 2003, using information extracted from VISION a widely used general practice management software package developed by In Practice Systems Ltd a company also owned by Cegedim SA.
Who owns cprd?
Department of Health and Social Care
CPRD is jointly sponsored by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), as part of the Department of Health and Social Care. CPRD collects anonymised patient data from a network of GP practices across the UK.
What is thin and thick data?
While “thin data” is based on one single point or occurrence, “thick data” is gathered from multiple sources. Some sources may be qualitative rather than quantitative; for instance, employee feedback.
What is thick data?
At its core, thick data is qualitative data (like observations, feelings, reactions) that provides insights into consumers’ everyday emotional lives. Because thick data aims to uncover people’s emotions, stories, and models of the world they live in, it can be difficult to quantify.
Can we rely on results from Iqvia medical research data UK converted to the observational medical outcome Partnership common data model?
For this study, the conversion to OMOP CDM was adequate. Although some decisions and mapping could be improved, these impacted on the absolute results but not on the study inferences. This validation study supports six recommendations for good practice in transforming to CDMs.
What does CPRD mean?
CPRD
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
| CPRD | Chronic Progressive Renal Disease |
| CPRD | Counselling and Psychotherapy Resources Directory (publication; UK) |
| CPRD | Corporate Policy and Research Department (PBGC) |
| CPRD | Cost per Revenue Dollar (accounting comparison term) |
How many people are CPRD?
The Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) is an ongoing primary care database of anonymised medical records from general practitioners, with coverage of over 11.3 million patients from 674 practices in the UK.
What are thick data?
Thick data is the result of the collaboration between data scientists and anthropologists working together to make sense of large amounts of data. Together, they analyze data, looking for qualitative information like insights, preferences, motivations and reasons for behaviors.
What is meant by thick data?
What is thick data? At its core, thick data is qualitative data (like observations, feelings, reactions) that provides insights into consumers’ everyday emotional lives.
What is another name for thick data?
The term Thick Data has been popularized by the anthropologist Tricia Wang and it refers to “dense data”, a more than evident nod to Clifford Geertz´s “dense description”.