Are structured data structured identically? Investigating the uniformity of pediatric patient data recorded using OpenSDE

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 631-638

  Los, R K ^a   Roukema, J ^b   Van Ginneken, A M ^a   De Wilde, M ^a   Van Der Lei, J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Information storage and retrieval; Medical records; Structured data entry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DATA REPOSITORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 29244478017     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634019     Document Type: Article

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