Can patients with osteoporosis, who should benefit from implementation of the national service framework for older people, be identified from general practice computer records? A pilot study that illustrates the variability of computerized medical records and problems with searching them

Public Health

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 438-445

  de Lusignan, S ^a,b   Chan, T ^a   Wells, S ^a   Cooper, A ^a   Harvey, M ^a   Brew, S ^a   Wright, M ^a  

^a Ridgewood Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Computerized medical record; Data quality; General practice; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; ETIDRONIC ACID; PAMIDRONIC ACID; RALOXIFENE; RISEDRONIC ACID;

HEALTH CARE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY MENOPAUSE; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0142212255     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(03)00129-X     Document Type: Article

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