MIQUEST (Morbidity Information Query and Export Syntax ) is a methodology and an approach to common data access which enables enquirers to execute queries and extract data from different types of general medical practice computer systems using a common query language. It has been endorsed by the NHS Executive as the recommended method and therefore adopted as a standard, for this purpose. MIQUEST can meet the requirements of Primary Care data analysis and support the Primary Care agenda by providing current clinical data concerning, for example, prevalence of morbidities and changes over time, progress towards health gain targets for specified groups (e.g. in support of Health Improvement Programmes), outcomes for patients with specified illness, and monitoring of at-risk groups. MIQUEST Enquirer software includes an HQL Editor to ease the writing of Queries, a Query Manager to facilitate the distribution of Queries and a Response Manager to organise and aggregate the responses received from participants in the Data Collection Scheme.
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