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Wurster F, Herrmann C, Beckmann M, Cecon-Stabel N, Dittmer K, Hansen T, Jaschke J, Köberlein-Neu J, Okumu MR, Pfaff H, Rusniok C, Karbach U. Differences in changes of data completeness after the implementation of an electronic medical record in three surgical departments of a German hospital-a longitudinal comparative document analysis. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2024; 24:258. [PMID: 39285457 PMCID: PMC11404022 DOI: 10.1186/s12911-024-02667-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2024] [Accepted: 09/05/2024] [Indexed: 09/22/2024] Open
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PURPOSE The European health data space promises an efficient environment for research and policy-making. However, this data space is dependent on high data quality. The implementation of electronic medical record systems has a positive impact on data quality, but improvements are not consistent across empirical studies. This study aims to analyze differences in the changes of data quality and to discuss these against distinct stages of the electronic medical record's adoption process. METHODS Paper-based and electronic medical records from three surgical departments were compared, assessing changes in data quality after the implementation of an electronic medical record system. Data quality was operationalized as completeness of documentation. Ten information that must be documented in both record types (e.g. vital signs) were coded as 1 if they were documented, otherwise as 0. Chi-Square-Tests were used to compare percentage completeness of these ten information and t-tests to compare mean completeness per record type. RESULTS A total of N = 659 records were analyzed. Overall, the average completeness improved in the electronic medical record, with a change from 6.02 (SD = 1.88) to 7.2 (SD = 1.77). At the information level, eight information improved, one deteriorated and one remained unchanged. At the level of departments, changes in data quality show expected differences. CONCLUSION The study provides evidence that improvements in data quality could depend on the process how the electronic medical record is adopted in the affected department. Research is needed to further improve data quality through implementing new electronical medical record systems or updating existing ones.
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- Florian Wurster
- Faculty of Human Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Medical Sociology, Health Services Research, and Rehabilitation Science, Chair of Quality Development and Evaluation in Rehabilitation, University of Cologne, Eupener Str. 129, 50933, Cologne, Germany.
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- Faculty of Human Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Medical Sociology, Health Services Research, and Rehabilitation Science, Chair of Quality Development and Evaluation in Rehabilitation, University of Cologne, Eupener Str. 129, 50933, Cologne, Germany
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- Faculty of Human Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Medical Sociology, Health Services Research, and Rehabilitation Science, Chair of Quality Development and Evaluation in Rehabilitation, University of Cologne, Eupener Str. 129, 50933, Cologne, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, Unit of Child Health Services Research, Clinic of General Pediatrics, Neonatology and Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Faculty of Human Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Medical Sociology, Health Services Research, and Rehabilitation Science, Chair of Quality Development and Evaluation in Rehabilitation, University of Cologne, Eupener Str. 129, 50933, Cologne, Germany
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- Faculty of Human Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Medical Sociology, Health Services Research, and Rehabilitation Science, Chair of Quality Development and Evaluation in Rehabilitation, University of Cologne, Eupener Str. 129, 50933, Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Health Economics and Health Services Research, University of Wuppertal, Rainer-Gruenter-Str. 21, 42119, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Center for Health Economics and Health Services Research, University of Wuppertal, Rainer-Gruenter-Str. 21, 42119, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Faculty of Human Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Medical Sociology, Health Services Research, and Rehabilitation Science, Chair of Quality Development and Evaluation in Rehabilitation, University of Cologne, Eupener Str. 129, 50933, Cologne, Germany
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- Faculty of Human Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Medical Sociology, Health Services Research, and Rehabilitation Science, Chair of Quality Development and Evaluation in Rehabilitation, University of Cologne, Eupener Str. 129, 50933, Cologne, Germany
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- Faculty of Human Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Medical Sociology, Health Services Research, and Rehabilitation Science, Chair of Quality Development and Evaluation in Rehabilitation, University of Cologne, Eupener Str. 129, 50933, Cologne, Germany
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- Faculty of Human Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Medical Sociology, Health Services Research, and Rehabilitation Science, Chair of Quality Development and Evaluation in Rehabilitation, University of Cologne, Eupener Str. 129, 50933, Cologne, Germany
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Pham TN, Coupey J, Thariat J, Valable S. Bayesian networks in modeling leucocyte interplay following brain irradiation: A comprehensive framework. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE 2024; 257:108421. [PMID: 39276666 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2024.108421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2024] [Accepted: 09/09/2024] [Indexed: 09/17/2024]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Understanding the intricate interactions among leucocyte subpopulations following radiotherapy is crucial for advancing cancer research and immunology. Recently, interest in recent radiotherapy modalities, such as protons, has increased. Herein, we present a framework utilizing Bayesian networks to uncover these complex relationships via an illustrative example of brain irradiation in rodents. METHODS We utilized data from 96 healthy C57BL/6 adult mice subjected to either X-ray or proton brain irradiation. Leucocyte subpopulations in the blood collected 12 h after the final irradiated fraction were quantified. We employed Bayesian networks to detect causal interplay between physiological parameters, radiation variables and circulating leucocytes. The causal structure was learned via the use of the Bayesian information criterion as a scored criterion. Parameter estimation was performed to quantify the strength of the identified causal relationships. Cross-validation was used to validate our Bayesian network model's performance. RESULTS In the X-ray model, we discovered previously undisclosed interactions between NK-cells and neutrophils, and between monocytes and T-CD4+ cells. The proton model revealed an interplay involving T-CD4+ cells and neutrophils. Both X-rays and protons led to heightened interactions between T-CD8+ cells and B cells, indicating their significant role in orchestrating immune responses. Additionally, the proton model displayed strengthened interactions between T-CD4+ and T-CD8+ cells, emphasizing a dynamic and coordinated immune response post-irradiation. Cross-validation results demonstrated the robustness of the Bayesian network model in explaining data uncertainty. CONCLUSION The use of Bayesian networks as tools for causal structure discovery has revealed novel insights into the dynamics of immune responses to radiation exposure.
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- Thao-Nguyen Pham
- Université de Caen Normandie, CNRS, Normandie Université, ISTCT UMR6030, GIP CYCERON, Bd H Becquerel, BP 5229, 14074, Caen F-14000 CEDEX, France; Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire UMR6534 IN2P3/ENSICAEN, France - Normandie Université, Bd Maréchal Juin, Caen 14000, France
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- Université de Caen Normandie, CNRS, Normandie Université, ISTCT UMR6030, GIP CYCERON, Bd H Becquerel, BP 5229, 14074, Caen F-14000 CEDEX, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire UMR6534 IN2P3/ENSICAEN, France - Normandie Université, Bd Maréchal Juin, Caen 14000, France; Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre François Baclesse, Caen, Normandy, France.
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- Université de Caen Normandie, CNRS, Normandie Université, ISTCT UMR6030, GIP CYCERON, Bd H Becquerel, BP 5229, 14074, Caen F-14000 CEDEX, France.
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Saxe GN, Bickman L, Ma S, Aliferis C. Mental health progress requires causal diagnostic nosology and scalable causal discovery. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:898789. [PMID: 36458123 PMCID: PMC9705733 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.898789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Nine hundred and seventy million individuals across the globe are estimated to carry the burden of a mental disorder. Limited progress has been achieved in alleviating this burden over decades of effort, compared to progress achieved for many other medical disorders. Progress on outcome improvement for all medical disorders, including mental disorders, requires research capable of discovering causality at sufficient scale and speed, and a diagnostic nosology capable of encoding the causal knowledge that is discovered. Accordingly, the field's guiding paradigm limits progress by maintaining: (a) a diagnostic nosology (DSM-5) with a profound lack of causality; (b) a misalignment between mental health etiologic research and nosology; (c) an over-reliance on clinical trials beyond their capabilities; and (d) a limited adoption of newer methods capable of discovering the complex etiology of mental disorders. We detail feasible directions forward, to achieve greater levels of progress on improving outcomes for mental disorders, by: (a) the discovery of knowledge on the complex etiology of mental disorders with application of Causal Data Science methods; and (b) the encoding of the etiological knowledge that is discovered within a causal diagnostic system for mental disorders.
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- Glenn N. Saxe
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Ontrak Health, Inc., Henderson, NV, United States
- Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, United States
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- Program in Data Science, Department of Medicine, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Institute for Health Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Program in Data Science, Department of Medicine, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Institute for Health Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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Dai P, Zou T, Cheng H, Xin Z, Ouyang W, Peng X, Luo A, Xie W. Multidimensional analysis of job advertisements for medical record information managers. Front Public Health 2022; 10:905054. [PMID: 36408003 PMCID: PMC9674350 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.905054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Objective The rapid growth of the medical industry has resulted in a tremendous increase in medical record data, which can be utilized for hospital management, aiding in diagnosis and treatment, medical research, and other purposes. For data management and analysis, medical institutions require more qualified medical record information managers. In light of this, we conducted an analysis of the qualifications, abilities, and job emphasis of medical record information managers in order to propose training recommendations. Materials and methods From online job posting sites, a sample of 241 job advertisements for medical record information management positions posted by Chinese healthcare institutions were collected. We conducted word frequency and keyword co-occurrence analysis to uncover overall demands at the macro level, and job analysis to investigate job-specific disparities at the micro level. Based on content analysis and job analysis, a competency framework was designed for medical record information managers. Results The most frequent keywords were "code," "job experience," and "coding certification," according to the word frequency analysis. The competency framework for managers of medical record information is comprised of seven domains: essential knowledge, medical knowledge, computer expertise, problem-solving skills, leadership, innovation, and attitude and literacy. One of the fundamental skills required of medical record information managers is coordination and communication. Similarly, knowledge and skill requirements emphasize theoretical knowledge, managerial techniques, performance enhancement, and innovation development. Conclusion According to organization type and job differences, the most crucial feature of the job duties of medical record information managers is cross-fertilization. The findings can be utilized by various healthcare organizations for strategic talent planning, by the field of education for medical record information managers for qualification and education emphasis adjustment, and by job seekers to enhance their grasp of the profession and self-evaluation.
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- Pingping Dai
- Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China,Department of Medical Information, School of Life Science, Central South University, Changsha, China,Key Laboratory of Medical Information Research (Central South University), College of Hunan Province, Changsha, China,Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Intelligent Healthcare in Hunan Province, Changsha, China
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- Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China,Department of Medical Information, School of Life Science, Central South University, Changsha, China,Key Laboratory of Medical Information Research (Central South University), College of Hunan Province, Changsha, China,Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Intelligent Healthcare in Hunan Province, Changsha, China,Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China,Department of Sociology, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Medical Information, School of Life Science, Central South University, Changsha, China,Key Laboratory of Medical Information Research (Central South University), College of Hunan Province, Changsha, China,Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Intelligent Healthcare in Hunan Province, Changsha, China,Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China,Department of Medical Information, School of Life Science, Central South University, Changsha, China,Key Laboratory of Medical Information Research (Central South University), College of Hunan Province, Changsha, China,Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Intelligent Healthcare in Hunan Province, Changsha, China
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- Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China,Department of Medical Information, School of Life Science, Central South University, Changsha, China,Key Laboratory of Medical Information Research (Central South University), College of Hunan Province, Changsha, China,Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Intelligent Healthcare in Hunan Province, Changsha, China
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- Department of Medical Information, School of Life Science, Central South University, Changsha, China,Key Laboratory of Medical Information Research (Central South University), College of Hunan Province, Changsha, China,Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Intelligent Healthcare in Hunan Province, Changsha, China,Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China,*Correspondence: Aijing Luo
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- Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China,Department of Medical Information, School of Life Science, Central South University, Changsha, China,Key Laboratory of Medical Information Research (Central South University), College of Hunan Province, Changsha, China,Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Intelligent Healthcare in Hunan Province, Changsha, China,Wenzhao Xie
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