Quality of Cancer-Related Clinical Coding in Primary Care in North Central London: Mixed Methods Quality Improvement Project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The North Central London (NCL) Cancer Alliance carried out a quality improvement (QI) project to fill a distinct knowledge gap regarding the quality of clinical coded data in a primary care electronic health care record system across the whole cancer pathway.

Objective

This study aims to establish the quality of cancer-related clinical coding in NCL primary care, encompassing both quantitative measures (eg, coding completeness and diversity) and qualitative dimensions such as clinical relevance and workflow alignment.

Methods

This was a mixed methods QI project in which we combined an observational dataset review and qualitative data from stakeholder interviews, workshops, and discussions. In the dataset review, we evaluated completeness, diversity, validat

SUBMITTER: Bhuiya A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12824575 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature