Factors Affecting Accuracy of Data Abstracted from Medical Records

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 10; p. e0138649
• Main Authors: Zozus, Meredith N., Pieper, Carl, Johnson, Constance M., Johnson, Todd R., Franklin, Amy, Smith, Jack, Zhang, Jiajie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 20.10.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Accuracy; Analysis; Clinical trials; Control methods; Control theory; Data Accuracy; Data collection; Data processing; Dosage and administration; Emergency medical care; Evidence-based medicine; Hospitals; Humans; Identification methods; Informatics; Information management; Information systems; Measurement methods; Medical Records; Medical screening; Medicine; Methods; Natural language processing; Prospective Studies; Quality assurance; Quality control; Registries; Reliability aspects; Reproducibility of Results; Studies; Variability; North Carolina; Washington DC; United States > US; Texas

Medical record abstraction (MRA) is often cited as a significant source of error in research data, yet MRA methodology has rarely been the subject of investigation. Lack of a common framework has hindered application of the extant literature in practice, and, until now, there were no evidence-based...