Reducing Errors from the Electronic Transcription of Data Collected on Paper Forms: A Research Data Case Study

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 386-389

  Wahi, Monika M ^a,b   Parks, David V ^b   Skeate, Robert C ^c   Goldin, Steven B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Johnnie B Byrd Sr Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute ^*  (United States)

^c North Central Blood Services   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PAPER; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 43049179607     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2381     Document Type: Article

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