Data resource profile: : the Hospital Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (HEPMA) national data collection in Scotland
Mueller, Tanja and Proud, Euan and Kurdi, Amanj and Jarvis, Lynne and Reid, Kat and McTaggart, Stuart and Bennie, Marion (2023) Data resource profile: : the Hospital Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (HEPMA) national data collection in Scotland. International Journal of Population Data Science, 8 (6). 01. ISSN 2399-4908 (https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v8i6.2182)
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Abstract
Introduction To support both electronic prescribing and documentation of medicines administration in secondary care, hospitals in Scotland are currently implementing the Hospital Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (HEPMA) software. Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, agreements have been put in place to centrally collate data stemming from the operational HEPMA system. The aim was to develop a national data resource based on records created in secondary care, in line with pre-existing collections of data from primary care. Methods HEPMA is a live clinical system and updated on a continuous basis. Data is automatically extracted from local systems at least weekly and, in most cases, on a nightly basis, and integrated into the national HEPMA dataset. Subsequently, the data are subject to quality checks including data consistency and completeness. Records contain a unique patient identified (Community Health Index number), enabling linkage to other routinely collected data including primary care prescriptions, hospital admission episodes, and death records. Results The HEPMA data resource captures and compiles information on all medicines prescribed within the ward/hospital covered by the system; this includes medicine name, formulation, strength, dose, route, and frequency of administration, and dates and times of prescribing. In addition, the HEPMA dataset also captures information on medicines administration, including dates and time of administration. Data is available from January 2019 onwards and held by Public Health Scotland. Conclusion The national HEPMA data resource supports cross-sectional/point-prevalence studies including drug utilisation studies, and also offers scope to conduct longitudinal studies, e.g., cohort and case-control studies. With the possibility to link to other relevant datasets, additional areas of interest may include health policy evaluations and health economics studies. Access to data is subject to approval; researchers need to contact the electronic Data Research and Innovation Service (eDRIS) in the first instance.
ORCID iDs
Mueller, Tanja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0418-4789, Proud, Euan, Kurdi, Amanj ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5036-1988, Jarvis, Lynne, Reid, Kat, McTaggart, Stuart and Bennie, Marion ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4046-629X;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 86970 Dates: DateEvent11 October 2023Published20 September 2023Accepted7 July 2023SubmittedSubjects: Social Sciences > Statistics
Medicine > Public aspects of medicineDepartment: Faculty of Science > Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Strategic Research Themes > Health and WellbeingDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 17 Oct 2023 08:54 Last modified: 30 Sep 2024 00:34 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/86970