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
fDate :
Aug. 31 2009-Sept. 4 2009
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;
Conference_Titel :
Database and Expert Systems Application, 2009. DEXA '09. 20th International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Linz
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3763-4
DOI :
10.1109/DEXA.2009.82
