Using a data entry clerk to improve data quality in primary care electronic medical records: A pilot study

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 241-250

  Greiver, Michelle ^a,b   Barnsley, Jan ^c   Aliarzadeh, Babak ^a   Krueger, Paul ^d   Moineddin, Rahim ^b   Butt, Debra A ^a   Jaakkimainen, Liisa ^b,c,d   Dolabchian, Edita ^b   Keshavjee, Karim ^d   White, David ^b   Kaplan, David ^b,e  

^a North Toronto Research Network   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computerised standards; Data collection standards; Data quality; Health care methods; Medical records systems; Primary care; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SMOKING; WORD PROCESSING;

EID: 84864559493     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v19i4.819     Document Type: Article

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