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CRIS

Summary

Abstract

This dataset is provided to HIC as extracts from a system called CRIS, a popular Radiology Information System (RIS).

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Publisher

  • Name
    Health Informatics Centre - University of Dundee
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  • Contact point
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Documentation

Description

Tayside(1994) and Fife(2008) radiology dataset. This dataset is provided to HIC as extracts from a system called CRIS, a popular Radiology Information System (RIS). This is deployed in over 700 separate locations and supports over 200,000 users and 25 million imaging events every year. More can read about CRIS here https://www.wellbeingsoftware.com/solutions/sector/radiology/
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  • Is part of
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Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    United Kingdom, Scotland

  • Geographic levels
    Not available

Temporal

  • Start date
    23/02/1994
  • End date
    04/04/2017
  • Frequency
    Static
  • Distribution release date
    25/05/2022

Provenance

  • Purpose
    Other
  • Source
    Other
  • Collection situation
    Other

Access and governance

  • Conditions of access
    General research use

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Usage

  • Conditions of use
    Disclosure control
  • Resource creator
    NHS Scotland
  • Is referenced by
    Not available

Access

  • Access rights
  • Access service
    HIC has implemented a remote-access Trusted Research Environment to protect data confidentiality, satisfy public concerns about data loss and reassure Data Controllers about HIC’s secure management and processing of their data. Data is not released externally to data users for analysis on their own computers but placed on a server at HIC, within a restricted, secure IT environment, where the data user is given secure remote access to carry out their analysis. Full details are available via the following link: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/hic/safe-haven
  • Jurisdiction
    GB-SCT
  • Data controller
    NHS Tayside & NHS Fife
  • Data processor
    University of Dundee, Health Informatics Centre

Format and standards

  • Language
    English
  • Format
    Database

Enrichment and linkage

  • Related datasets
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  • Linkage opportunity
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  • Tools
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Synthetic data

Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset. 

Data Dictionary

PROCHI

Anonymised patient identifier

SPECIALITY_CODE

This field represents the specialty as a division of medicine or dentistry covering a sp...

MODALITY

Indicates the type of scan e.g. US = Ultrasound.

EXAM_CODE

This field represents the radiology exam being conducted e.g. Fistulogram (FFIST ), veno...

EXAM_NAME

This field represents the description of Examination code.

SITE_CODE

This field represents the location site code.

EXAM_START_DATE

This field represents the date of the patients" first examination..

EXAM_END_DATE

This field represents the date of the patients" final examination..

EVENT_DATE

This field denotes the date when the event took place..

EXAM_STATUS

This field represents the examination status.

Variable description

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