Evaluation of interventions to improve inpatient hospital documentation within electronic health records: a systematic review

N Wiebe, L Otero Varela, DJ Niven… - Journal of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objective Despite the widespread and increasing use of electronic health records (EHRs),
the quality of EHRs is problematic. Efforts have been made to address reasons for poor EHR …

Recommendations for respiratory syncytial virus surveillance at the national level

AC Teirlinck, EK Broberg, AS Berg… - European …, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common cause of acute lower respiratory tract
infections and hospitalisations among young children and is globally responsible for many …

[HTML][HTML] Barriers to data quality resulting from the process of coding health information to administrative data: a qualitative study

K Lucyk, K Tang, H Quan - BMC health services research, 2017 - Springer
Background Administrative health data are increasingly used for research and surveillance
to inform decision-making because of its large sample sizes, geographic coverage …

Health records as the basis of clinical coding: Is the quality adequate? A qualitative study of medical coders' perceptions

V Alonso, JV Santos, M Pinto… - Health Information …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Health records are the basis of clinical coding. In Portugal, relevant diagnoses
and procedures are abstracted and categorised using an internationally accepted …

[HTML][HTML] Unlocking the potential of electronic health records for health research

S Lee, Y Xu, AG D'Souza, EA Martin… - … Journal of Population …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Electronic health records (EHRs), originally designed to facilitate health care delivery, are
becoming a valuable data source for health research. EHR systems have two components …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing the limitations of using diagnosis codes in the context of machine learning for healthcare

LL Guo, KE Morse, C Aftandilian, E Steinberg… - BMC Medical Informatics …, 2024 - Springer
Background Diagnostic codes are commonly used as inputs for clinical prediction models, to
create labels for prediction tasks, and to identify cohorts for multicenter network studies …

Problems and barriers during the process of clinical coding: a focus group study of coders' perceptions

V Alonso, JV Santos, M Pinto, J Ferreira, I Lema… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - Springer
Coded data are the basis of information systems in all countries that rely on Diagnosis
Related Groups in order to reimburse/finance hospitals, including both administrative and …

A scoping review of the methodological approaches used in retrospective chart reviews to validate adverse event rates in administrative data

A Connolly, M Kirwan, A Matthews - International Journal for …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Patient safety is a key quality issue for health systems. Healthcare acquired
adverse events (AEs) compromise safety and quality; therefore, their reporting and …

[HTML][HTML] Routinely collected data: the importance of high-quality diagnostic coding to research

SG Nicholls, SM Langan, EI Benchimol - Cmaj, 2017 - Can Med Assoc
CMAJ| AUGUST 21, 2017| VOLUME 189| ISSUE 33 E1055 routinely collected data and
reflects important study components such as methods of selecting the study population; …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical coders' perspectives on pressure injury coding in acute care services in Victoria, Australia

CD Weller, L Turnour, E Connelly… - Frontiers in Public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Pressure injuries (PIs) substantively impact quality of care during hospital stays, although
only when they are severe or acquired as a result of the hospital stay are they reported as …