From patient care to research: A validation study examining the factors contributing to data quality in a primary care electronic medical record database

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Coleman, Nathan ^a   Halas, Gayle ^a   Peeler, William ^a   Casaclang, Natalie ^a   Williamson, Tyler ^b   Katz, Alan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Electronic Medical Records; Health information systems; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEPRESSION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEPRESSION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84924138772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-015-0223-z     Document Type: Article

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