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J. G. Williams
Measuring the Completeness and Currency of Codified Clinical Information
Keywords: Information, standards, Computerized Medical Records, completeness and currency of information, family practice, primary care
OBJECTIVES: The paper describes how an objective score (CCscore) of the completeness and currency of codified clinical information relevant to the management of diabetes mellitus may be derived for individual practices. METHODS: A questionnaire was developed and administered to 35 practices and statistical methods were used to test for correlation between the prevalence for diabetes mellitus and the relevant CCscores RESULTS: No significant correlation could be found. CONCLUSIONS: The quality of computer-stored information varies widely across English General practices for reasons that are incompletely understood. We demonstrated how CCscores may be calibrated for different views of relevance, completeness, and currency and yet be consistent across practices for a given view. The potential value of this score and how it may contribute to our understanding of variation in information quality are discussed.
Methods of Information in Medicine, Schattauer
Print ISSN: 0026-1270
Volume: 42, 01/2003
Pages: 482 - 488