Improving health care data quality: A practitioner's perspective

International Journal of Information Quality

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-59

  Kerr, Karolyn ^a   Norris, Tony ^b  

^a Informatics Consultant   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Data quality; Data strategy; Health care; Stewardship; Total data quality management

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DATA QUALITY; DATA QUALITY MANAGEMENT; DATA STRATEGY; HEALTH CARE DATUM; MODERN HEALTH CARE; NATIONAL STRATEGIES; STEWARDSHIP; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 79952139889     PISSN: 17510457     EISSN: 17510465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIQ.2008.019562     Document Type: Article

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