NEWS

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epidm 1.0.5

• Added ECDS destination_code lookups and use in lookup_recode to show where patients go after A&E attendance.

• Added new lookups for inpatient admission_method and discharge_destination; can be called using epidm::lookup_recode.

• Change from sapply to purrr::map_dbl to ensure type consistency and prevent creation of list cols.

• Implemented new steps for record matching, including first/last name field swaps.

• Add fuzzy match functionality to patient_id

• Add new package dataset "lab_data" for testing functions

epidm 1.0.4 (2022-07-11)

• fixed missing ';' character in SQL connection string

epidm 1.0.3 (2022-07-06)

• change trusted_connection=true to trusted_connection=yes to ensure cross-functionality with k8s and linux
• SCarnall fix for the infinite while loop case
• added pkgdown URL

epidm 1.0.2 (2022-02-15)

• remove a href links from Description field

epidm 1.0.1

• Edits for CRAN submission to change print() to message() to prevent writing to console.
• Added additional webservice links to DESCRIPTION

epidm 1.0.0

• Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.

• This is the first release of the package for CRAN submission.