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ArticleJournal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA

A comparison of multiple data sources to identify vaccinations for veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders.

Frances M Weaver, Michael Hatzakis, Charlesnika T Evans, Bridget Smith, Sherri L LaVela, Carolyn Wallace, Marcia W Legro, Barry Goldstein

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Article in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Frances M WeaverSpinal Cord Injury Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research, Hines Veterans Administration Hospital, IL 60141, USA. weaver@research.hines.med.va.gov
Michael Hatzakis
Charlesnika T Evans
Bridget Smith
Sherri L LaVela
Carolyn Wallace
Marcia W Legro
Barry Goldstein
Health Services Research & Development · USUniversity of Washington · USVA Puget Sound Health Care System · USEdward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital · USQuality Enhancement Research Initiative · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Monitoring vaccination activity requires regular access to information about patient vaccination status. This report describes our experience using multiple Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) data sources to determine availability and completeness of vaccination information for veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders (SCI&D). Administrative and clinical databases were limited to coding vaccine administration, undercounted vaccinations, and were unable to account for whether the vaccine was offered and the reasons for nonreceipt. Medical record review provided more detail but was labor intensive and costly. Patient surveys provided the richest information but were costly, time-consuming, and based on a sample of patients. Agreement was poor between data sources. This report suggests that while VA is well positioned to use national databases for clinical care decisions and to inform policy, vaccination data were incomplete. Electronic records must include data that are consistently entered and validated before they can be useful for care management and decision making.

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Databases, FactualMedical Records Systems, ComputerizedSpinal Cord InjuriesUtilization ReviewVeteransData CollectionHumansInfluenza, HumanInfluenza VaccinesMedical AuditMedical Record LinkageOrganizational Case StudiesPneumococcal VaccinesPneumonia, PneumococcalUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsInfluenza VaccinesPneumococcal Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID15187067
PMCPMC516244
OpenAlexW1566611703

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