Healthcare Data Quality
1) Healthcare data quality has become increasingly important strategic issue in the United Stated healthcare delivery system in order to address important issues related to cost, quality and affordability.
What do you think are contributing factors to poor data quality in a healthcare database? Support your answer with sources and rationale.
Electronic vs. manual health data capture
2) Electronic data capture systems are introduced to addressing these issues are adopted by many healthcare organizations in order to achieve better health care, effectiveness and outcomes.
What portion of the data in the patient's health record is captured electronically and what information is recorded manually? How do both affect the quality of information?