Research projects

Our research projects are carefully selected from ideas and projects submitted from our health and care community. They fall under our themes of healthier childhoods, mental health, public health and prevention, and integrated and optimal care.

Showing 19 projects in "Health informatics"

Developing the South West Secure Data Environment (SDE)

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Using AI to improve diagnosis and treatment of blood clots in the lungs

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Identifying ‘low value’ operations that the NHS could reduce or stop

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Identifying potentially low value surgical care: A national ecological study in England

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Better Care: Improving efficiency in hospitals by predicting demand

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Impact of pausing elective hip and knee replacement surgery during winter 2017 on subsequent service provision at a major NHS Trust: a descriptive observational study using interrupted time series

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Why are blood tests requested in primary care and how are results managed?

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Why test study: a UK-wide audit using the Primary Care Academic CollaboraTive to explore the reasons for primary care testing

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Roll-out of Germ Defence website through GP practices during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Implementing Germ Defence digital behaviour change intervention via all primary care practices in England to reduce respiratory infections during the COVID-19 pandemic: an efficient cluster randomised controlled trial using the OpenSAFELY platform

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Understanding the physical harm of taking more than one antipsychotic drug for schizophrenia

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Antipsychotic polypharmacy and metabolic syndrome in schizophrenia: a review of systematic reviews

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Improving how hospitals forecast unplanned admissions

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Can we accurately forecast non-elective bed occupancy and admissions in the NHS? A time-series MSARIMA analysis of longitudinal data from an NHS Trust

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Improving how hospitals forecast unplanned admissions

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Evaluating an online consultation system in GP practices

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Use of an electronic consultation system in primary care: a qualitative interview study

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Evaluating an online consultation system in GP practices

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Why we need to improve the evaluation of surgical procedures using shoulder surgery as an example

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Longitudinal study of use and cost of subacromial decompression surgery: the need for effective evaluation of surgical procedures to prevent overtreatment and wasted resources

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How shoulder surgery demonstrates the need to improve evaluation of surgical procedures

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How useful are inflammatory marker tests in primary care?

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Use of multiple inflammatory marker tests in primary care: using Clinical Practice Research Datalink to evaluate accuracy

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How useful are inflammatory marker tests in primary care?

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DECODE: Exploring the unintended consequences of digital health tools

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Unintended consequences of online consultations: a qualitative study in UK primary care

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DECODE: Exploring the unintended consequences of online consultations

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DECODE: Unintended consequences of online access to health records

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The impact of policy changes to gluten-free food prescriptions

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Breaking bread: examining the impact of policy changes in access to state-funded provisions of gluten-free foods in England

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The impact of policy changes to gluten-free food prescriptions

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Understanding self-harm using Bristol Self-Harm Surveillance Register data

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Long-term impact of the expansion of a hospital liaison psychiatry service on patient care and costs following emergency department attendances for self-harm

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Understanding what affected COVID-19 outcomes in care homes in Bath and North East Somerset

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The role of age, gender, area deprivation and living arrangements on knee surgery outcomes

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The Effect of Age, Sex, Area Deprivation, and Living Arrangements on Total Knee Replacement Outcomes

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Evaluating the long-term impact of investment in psychiatric liaison services at University Hospitals Bristol

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Long-term impact of the expansion of a hospital liaison psychiatry service on patient care and costs following emergency department attendances for self-harm

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Evaluating digital technology in mental health care

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Pilot implementation of co-designed software for co-production in mental health care planning: a qualitative evaluation of staff perspectives

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Investigating the safety of statins using regression discontinuity analysis

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Regression discontinuity analysis for pharmacovigilance: statin example reflected trial findings showing little evidence of harm

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