DocumentCode
2457621
Title
A Case Study on the Analysis of the Data Quality of a Large Medical Database
Author
Bertoni, Matteo ; Furlini, Giuliano ; Gozzoli, Gianluca ; Landini, Maria Paola ; Magnani, Matteo ; Messina, Antonio ; Montesi, Danilo
Author_Institution
Dipt. di Sci. dell´´Inf., Univ. di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
fYear
2009
fDate
Aug. 31 2009-Sept. 4 2009
Firstpage
308
Lastpage
312
Abstract
In this paper we present a report on the data quality of a medical database containing clinical and administrative data from hospitals and private clinics in the Bologna district area. In particular, we have analyzed the database according to several data quality dimensions, identifying a number of issues (e.g., inaccuracies and incompleteness) that we have systematized and described in this work.
Keywords
data analysis; database management systems; health care; medical administrative data processing; administrative data; clinical data; data quality; hospital databases; medical database; Data analysis; Databases; Health information management; Hospitals; Information resources; Laboratories; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical expert systems; Phase measurement; Testing; Data quality; medical database;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Database and Expert Systems Application, 2009. DEXA '09. 20th International Workshop on
Conference_Location
Linz
ISSN
1529-4188
Print_ISBN
978-0-7695-3763-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/DEXA.2009.82
Filename
5337140
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