03/05/2018 at 3:09 pm
Clinicians often collect data about their patients that they think will be useful for future quality improvement or research studies. These data sets can be very powerful in helping you answer research questions, but you will only get quality data out if you put quality data in. This video presents practical tips on how you and your team can set up your database to make the most of clinical data while avoiding common pitfalls.
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Health Stats NSW
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Centre for Health Record Linkage (CHeReL)
