Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab OpenPrescribing Lisa French OpenPrescribing.net @OpenPrescribing Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab

EBM DataLab Turning academic skills into tools Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab

Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab We’re improving medicine with evidence and data This means producing more than just static academic publications Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab

Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab OpenPrescribing We’ve built tools for clinicians, medicines managers and NHS staff to identify where there are improvements and savings to be made Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab

Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab OpenPrescribing NHS Digital publishes anonymised data about drugs prescribed by general practice in England Only prescriptions that are dispensed in the community are included in the dataset Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab

Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab OpenPrescribing Prescribing Dataset: 1.3GB monthly file 700 million rows Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab

Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab With OpenPrescribing, we’ve taken this dataset and have made it easy to monitor prescribing trends, spot unusual patterns, and see who is prescribing what in the NHS Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab

Demo! OpenPrescribing.net

Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab Prescribing Data Prescription Item: This is a single supply of a medicine, dressing or appliance written on a prescription form If a prescription form has 3 drugs on it, it has 3 items http://content.digital.nhs.uk/gpprescribingdata Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab

Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab Denominators There may be good reasons why a practice is prescribing more or less of a drug It is important when comparing prescribing between practices and CCGs to interpret the data thoughtfully Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab

Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab Denominators Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab

Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab Denominators Specific Therapeutic group Age-sex Related Prescribing Units (STAR-PU) Practice populations differ STAR-PUs help to take this into account Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab

Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab Denominators STAR-PU They exist for different therapeutic groups e.g. antibacterials, antidepressants, hypnotics Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab

Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab Bespoke work We can provide custom extracts from our prescribing data for free Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab

Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab E-mail Alerts Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab

Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab E-mail Alerts Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab

Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab User Group Want to help us test new features? Contact lisa.french@phc.ox.ac.uk Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab

Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab Training We offer free training for CCGs, groups of clinicians and/or researchers Contact lisa.french@phc.ox.ac.uk Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab

Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab Websites EBMDataLab.net @EBMDataLab OpenPrescribing.net @OpenPrescribing lisa.french@phc.ox.ac.uk Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab