The RCP Information Laboratory (iLab): Breaking the cycle of poor data quality

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-49

  Croft, Giles P ^a,c   Williams, John G ^b  

^a RCP Information Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b RCP Health Informatics Unit

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Clinicians; Data quality; Hospital episode statistics; iLab; Information; Revalidation

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 14644414215     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.5-1-47     Document Type: Review

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