Towards an ontology for data quality in integrated chronic disease management: A realist review of the literature

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-24

  Liaw, S T ^a,b,c   Rahimi, A ^a,d,e   Ray, P ^a,d   Taggart, J ^b   Dennis, S ^b   de Lusignan, S ^f   Jalaludin, B ^a,g   Yeo, A E T ^h   Talaei Khoei, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c General Practice Unit   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^g Population Health Unit   (Australia)

^h INGHAM INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Data quality; Information system; Ontology; Realist; Research design

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED PROCESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CROSS SYSTEMS; DATA QUALITY; DECISION SUPPORTS; ENGLISH LANGUAGES; HEALTH OUTCOMES; INFORMATION MODELS; ONTOLOGICAL APPROACH; ONTOLOGY-BASED; POPULATION HEALTH; POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS; REALIST; RESEARCH DESIGNS; RIGOROUS EVALUATION; SEMANTIC INTEROPERABILITY; TOOL DESIGNS;

ABSTRACTING; AUTOMATION; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DESIGN; DISEASES; HEALTH; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION THEORY; INTEROPERABILITY; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESEARCH; SEMANTICS;

ONTOLOGY;

ACCURACY; AUTISM; BREAST CANCER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DOCUMENTATION; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SEMANTICS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84870523868     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.10.001     Document Type: Review

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