Linking cancer registry and hospital discharge data for treatment surveillance

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 127-136

  Lin, Ge ^a   Ma, Jihyun ^b   Zhang, Lei ^b   Qu, Ming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Databases and data mining; electronic health records; information and knowledge management; quality control; record linkage

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; DATABASES AND DATA MINING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; QUALITY CONTROL; RECORD LINKAGE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; NEBRASKA; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; REGISTRIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

DATABASES AND DATA MINING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RECORD LINKAGE;

EID: 84878358853     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458212462024     Document Type: Article

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