Population Reporting searches for EMIS, created by the CDRC can be used identify patients in your practice who may have Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD).
Accessing the Population Reporting Searches
To access the CDRC PAD Population Reporting Searches on EMIS, you will need to download and import the following .zip file:
As the operator of the CDRC, Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria Limited (on behalf of itself and/or its licensors) grants you a licence to copy and download this document in accordance with our terms of use. You must not modify the content of this document in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text. For further details, please see our terms of use (Terms of use – Clinical Digital Resource Collaborative (cdrc.nhs.uk)
If you have not performed this process before, please refer to the Download/ Import guide below, which provides you with step-by-step instructions on how to Download and Import .zip files into EMIS:
You can check whether you have the most up-to-date version by reviewing the date on the .zip file. Any updates to the Population Reporting searches will be communicated to CDRC Precision users via the mailing list for the CDRC. To ensure you stay up to date with the latest information, please sign up to the mailing list at http://eepurl.com/9131L
Guidance on the Population Reporting Searches
The primary Population Reporting searches in the .zip file are highlighted below along with information that explains the patients that these searches return.
| Search Name | Search Description |
| ? PAD 2.1 Casefinding – PAD drugs but no PAD diagnosis # | Patients with medication which might indicate PAD such as naftidrofuryl |
| ? PAD 2.2 Casefinding – PAD but no QoF code | Patients with codes which might indicate PAD such or ‘fem-pop bypass’ |