Collecting information on the quality of prescribing in primary care using semi-automatic data extraction from GPs' electronic medical records

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 367-376

  Vandenberghe, H E E ^a   Van Casteren, V ^a   Jonckheer, P ^b   Bastiaens, H ^c   Van Der Heyden, J ^a   Lafontaine, M F ^a   De Clercq, E ^d  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b Société Scientifique de Médecine Géné rale SSMG   (Belgium)

^c Wetenschappelijke Vereniging Van V   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computerized; Data collection; Drug; Health care; Information systems; Medical records systems; Prescriptions; Primary health care; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; DRUG THERAPY; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

DATA EXTRACTION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS (EMR); GENERAL PRCTITIONERS (GP); PRIMARY CARE;

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BELGIUM; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 18844384946     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2005.02.004     Document Type: Article

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