8/11/17: New profile from Finland

Our 284th profile is the Care Register for Health Care, a continuation of the Finnish National Hospital Discharge Register (FHDR). One of the oldest individual level hospital discharge registers covering all of Finland, the Care Register covers data from 1969 to present and has more comprehensive data on the use of services and service users than the original FHDR.

 

7/28/17: Three more Maccabi profiles added to our rich collection of DB profiles

There are now 283 profiles listed in our resource! The Maccabi Healthcare Services (MHS) maintains several chronic disease registries that are updated automatically in real time from the central medical record. As of January 2017:

MHS Home Care Registry includes 57,199 members (20,528 active);

MHS Warfarin Treatment Registry includes 42,515 members (26,114 active); and

5/18/17: New database profile from the US

Established in 2012, the W5 Digital Insights (W5di) database is one of the largest health information networks in the US. The database has information on >220 million patients from all 50 US states. The data, which are updated multiple times a day and available within 48 hours of collection, come from a variety of sources including medical claims, pharmacy claims, lab orders, lab results, electronic remittance advice, and e-prescriptions.

5/11/17 Website enhancements

Thank you to those who took part in our user survey. Here are some major enhancements we’ve implemented based on your requests:

  • When exporting data you can now see 8 additional fields: Region, DB Type, Dx Data, Dx Coded, Procedure Data, Procedure Code, Drug Data, Drug Coding System;
  • Page numbers are now on the top and bottom of the RESULTS page;
  • Several behind-the-scenes fixes to enhance your search experience.
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