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Measuring the Completeness and Currency of Codified Clinical Information

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...

Keywords: Information, standards, Computerized Medical Records, completeness and currency of information, family practice, primary care

01/2003 | Methods of Information in Medicine, Schattauer
Statistical Linkage of Treatment to Diagnosis for Research and Monitoring of Practice Patterns

OBJECTIVES: At each patient contact general practitioners enter information about the diagnoses and the interventions in the electronic medical record (EMR) system...

Keywords: General Practitioner, family practice, classification, Quality assurance, linkage, EMR data

01/2004 | Methods of Information in Medicine, Schattauer
Point-of-care C-reactive protein testing in febrile children in general practice

Background: Point-of-care testing for C-reactive protein (CRP) may be helpful in differentiating viral from bacterial infection...

Keywords: child, C-reactive protein, family practice, fever, point-of-care systems

12/2006 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter