Platform news
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NHS PCD refsets updated in OpenCodelists
The NHS PCD (Primary Care Domain) reference sets (refsets) are a collection of codelists used in NHS business rules. We have recently imported the latest NHS PCD refsets into OpenCodelists.
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OpenCodelists Contact page and feedback form
On OpenCodelists there’s now a new Contact page that provides options to get in touch via email, GitHub, or through the new feedback form.
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dm+d codes in OpenCodelists now link to OpenPrescribing dm+d browser
When building a codelist on OpenCodelists, additional information is available about each code via a “more information” pop up menu. This pop-up menu now includes a link to the relevant page on the OpenPrescribing dm+d browser for each code.
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An easier way to use custom parameters in ehrQL
We’ve made it easier to pass custom parameters to ehrQL, so that you can reuse your ehrQL code more effectively.
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Update on non-COVID directions for OpenSAFELY
We know many users are waiting for news about OpenSAFELY’s expansion to allow research on non-COVID topics. Right now, we are working with NHS England to design a project application system that works swiftly and makes the best use of the platform. We still don’t know when the change will happen…
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OpenCodelists builder now supports the dm+d coding system
OpenCodelists provides an interactive builder for compiling codelists based on searches and user selections. The NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d) coding system is now available in this builder. Previous methods of compiling dm+d codelists on OpenCodelists (upload of csv, conversion from Psuedo-BNF codelists) continue to be supported.
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The OpenSAFELY matching reusable action
The opensafely-matching python package has been upgraded and converted to an OpenSAFELY reusable action. Case-control studies compare the population with the condition or event of interest with a control population, matched on specific categorical and/or scalar variables. The matching reusable action can be used to take a dataset of “cases” and a…
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Converted medication codelists can now be updated
OpenCodelists already supports conversion of medication codelists using the Pseudo-BNF coding system into codelists using the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d) system. Previously, it was not possible to update these converted codelists using the one-click method used to originally create them. We have now altered the behaviour of…
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Allowing metadata editing for draft codelists on OpenCodelists
On OpenCodelists it is now possible to edit the metadata for a codelist during the draft phase.
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Writing ehrQL measure outputs to separate files
ehrQL has always supported having multiple measures defined in a single measure definition file. However the results of these measures were always written to a single, combined output file. That’s still the default, but you now have the option of having each measure’s output written to a separate file. This might…
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