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Ensuring quality in a computerized database system : A perinatal network

  • Computers in Pediatric Practice - II
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We have described the key elements of quality control in a database system and have discussed these with respect to the University of Illinois Perinatal Database. Clearly, the hallmark of a successful database is the ease with which high quality data can be stored and retrieved, and the usefulness of the reports that can be generated. In order to achieve these ends, quality control cannot be an afterthought, but must be the cornerstone of the system.

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  1. Programin Community Health Sciences, University of Illinois, School of Public Health, P.O. Box 6998 M/C 922, 60680, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Deborah Rosenberg, Charlene Rhodes, Cynthia Ferre & Arden Handler

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Rosenberg, D., Rhodes, C., Ferre, C. et al. Ensuring quality in a computerized database system : A perinatal network. Indian J Pediatr 57, 63–71 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02722131

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