Data integrity module for data quality assurance within an e-health system in sub-Saharan Africa

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-10

  Monda, Jonathan ^a   Keipeer, Jeremy ^b   Were, Martin C ^c  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

e health; information management; medical records

Indexed keywords

CORRECTION OF ERRORS; DATA INTEGRITY; DATA QUALITY; E-HEALTH SYSTEMS; EHEALTH; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC RECORDS; GOOD DATA; MEDICAL RECORD; QUALITY CHECKS; ROBUST DATUM; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

DATA REDUCTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ERRORS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL COMPUTING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RECORDS MANAGEMENT; TELEMEDICINE;

SEARCH ENGINES;

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; KENYA; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KENYA; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84856709181     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2010.0224     Document Type: Article

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