Systematic review of scope and quality of electronic patient record data in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To systematically review measures of data quality in electronic patient records (EPRs) in primary care.

Design

Systematic review of English language publications, 1980-2001.

Data sources

Bibliographic searches of medical databases, specialist medical informatics databases, conference proceedings, and institutional contacts.

Study selection

Studies selected according to a predefined framework for categorising review papers.

Data extraction

Reference standards and measurements used to judge quality.

Results

Bibliographic searches identified 4589 publications. After primary exclusions 174 articles were classified, 52 of which met the inclusion criteria for review. Selected studies were primarily descriptive surveys. Variability in methods p

SUBMITTER: Thiru K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC155692 | biostudies-literature | 2003 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature