Impact of two interventions on timeliness and data quality of an electronic disease surveillance system in a resource limited setting (Peru): A prospective evaluation

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Huaman, Moises A ^a   Araujo Castillo, Roger V ^a   Soto, Giselle ^a   Neyra, Joan M ^a   Quispe, Jose A ^a   Fernandez, Miguel F ^a   Mundaca, Carmen C ^a   Blazes, David L ^a  

^a Virology Program   (Peru)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA QUALITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELECTRONIC DISEASE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERU; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; TELEPHONE; TIME; TIMELINESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; SHIP; STANDARD;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; PERU; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SHIPS; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 64649092416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-9-16     Document Type: Article

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