The Farr Institute
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The Farr Institute was funded 2013 - 2018 to use ‘big data’ to advance the health and care of the public. This account has now been retired. #datasaveslives
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Joined October 2014
The Farr Institute’s five years of funding comes to a close this month with @HDR_UK stepping into position as the country’s national health #DataScience institute. Read more here: https://t.co/cXMo66IdCM
#datasaveslives #5YearsofFarr
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We asked @AshleyAkbari, Senior Research Manager and Data Scientist at @SwanseaUni and @FarrCIPHER to tell us about his time at The Farr Institute: https://t.co/8ATN7OJ432
#datasaveslives #5YearsofFarr
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As The Farr Institute’s funding comes to a close, @amibanerjee1, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Data Science and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist from @UCL and @FarrLondon tells us about his experience: https://t.co/KSVpXqXSbs
#datasaveslives #5YearsofFarr
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We recently spoke with @KerinaHJones, Associate Professor of Health Informatics at @SwanseaUni and @FarrCIPHER, about her time with The Farr Institute: https://t.co/WLJJsBORTn
#datasaveslives #5YearsofFarr
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Europe’s ‘biggest health hackathon’ to be hosted in Edinburgh! #mHealth #DigitalHealth #DigitalTransformation
#Health #Edinburgh @FutureScot_News @cancerchallscot @FarrInstitute
https://t.co/fJQKLgvIct
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It’s time to reflect on all the skills development we did for the @FarrInstitute. This was just one: The Farr PhD & Researcher Symposium 2018 https://t.co/hXhkiWJWb1 hosted @HeRC_Tweets. It was a great 2 days: @grazulis @Sarri @athanastasiou @paul3548 #JohnA #ColinM @missflatfeet
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Vacancy at @UoMNews: Lecturer in Bio-Health Informatics (Teaching focused), closing date 17 Sept. Details at: https://t.co/7GM4jeRL2S
#datascience #informatics
jobs.manchester.ac.uk
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"Black people in the UK are more likely to develop dementia than those from other ethnic groups but are still much less likely to be diagnosed and receive support" warns study published in the journal Clinical Epidemiology. https://t.co/g4Dn6ssWOg
#datasaveslives #dementia
independent.co.uk
‘Black people I know have been reluctant to seek help for memory problems because of worries about being treated fairly, or about being put in a care home,’ one Windrush generation carer commented
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Do you have experience of #cancer? Are you interested in potential of #healthdata to save lives? I'm looking for patient reps from north east London for an important project - https://t.co/aK2H27VF1Q Know anyone? @LamieceHassan @FarrLondon @useMYdata @FarrInstitute
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Last day today to apply for excellent @AUKCAR & @HDR Senior #Research #Fellow position @EdinburghMedVet - Visit https://t.co/IDj7XpIbsW for further details @EdinUniUsher @DrAzizSheikh @FarrInstitute @ljdaines @just_TUX
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Predicting clinical outcomes counterfactually with marginal structural models can avoid the underestimation of treatment-naïve risk that pollutes clinical prediction models derived from real-world healthcare data: https://t.co/nxE7A0xDS3
#datasaveslives @FarrInstitute @dsi_uom
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Clinical prediction models (CPMs) can inform decision making about treatment initiation, which requires predicted risks assuming no treatment is given. However, this is challenging since CPMs are...
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#DataSavesLives was Highly Commended at the @FBMH_SR #CelebratePPIE2018 Awards! Thanks to all who contributed! @CHCNorth @FarrInstitute @profbuchan @The_NHSA
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Patient data saves lives, let's say so! Acknowledging the source of data in publications/presentations highlights that patient data is essential to improve outcomes & save lives #datasaveslives @Patient_Data
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Introduction to using linked administrative data for social and health research - a 5-day course from @adrc_scotland, 8 - 12 October 2018. Register your interest by 7 Sept. Details at
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Prof Harry Hemingway (UCL Institute of Health Informatics) discusses how patient data can be unlocked to benefit health care and what the NHS means to him https://t.co/Vyb1ExDSrx
#ucllovesnhs #nhs70 #healthinformatics #HealthTech
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.@Patient_Data are co-convening a day-long public conference in Cambridge on 13 September. Find out more about 'Healthcare and data: how do we get it right?' here: https://t.co/Co7K4O7llU
#DataSavesLives
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Why do we need to talk about patient data? In this new @Patient_Data video, people from a variety of backgrounds talk about the importance of using patient data and why we need to better explain the benefits and safeguards. #DataSavesLives
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Our animations have won a prize in the UKIACR data viz competition! 👏 🏆 🎉 Best entry supporting the public accessibility of data. Thank you to everyone involved 👏 #datasaveslives - watch them here
understandingpatientdata.org.uk
Understanding Patient Data supports conversations with the public, patients and healthcare professionals about the uses of health information for care and research.
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