MIQUEST

MIQUEST stands for Morbidity Information Query and Export Syntax

MIQUEST is software for collecting data from general practice(GP) computer systems. It is a tool to collect data, based around a query language, incorporating security and confidentiality safeguards.

For a GP clinical system to be able to run MIQUEST queries, it must have a module known as an ‘HQL interpreter' (MIQUEST interpreter) developed specifically for that clinical system by the system supplier. A requirement for GP clinical systems to incorporate a MIQUEST interpreter was introduced under the ‘Requirements for Accreditation for General Medical Practice Computer Systems, version RFA99' in 1996.

Further information about MIQUEST can be found on the NHS Connecting for Health website here;

www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/systemsandservices/data/miquest
/introduction

and here:

www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/systemsandservices/ssd/products
_and_services/vaprodmiquest