ArticleJMIR medical informatics2024
Building a Foundation for High-Quality Health Data: Multihospital Case Study in Belgium.
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- Rethinking Trust in Synthetic Health Data: Lessons From 7 European Research Initiatives.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Incompleteness of Electronic Health Records: An Impending Process Problem Within Healthcare.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Assessing Data Quality in Heterogeneous Health Care Integration: Simulation Study of the AIDAVA Framework.JMIR medical informatics · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Data quality is fundamental to maintaining the trust and reliability of health data for both primary and secondary purposes. However, before the secondary use of health data, it is essential to assess the quality at the source and to develop systematic methods for the assessment of important data quality dimensions. Objective: This case study aims to offer a dual aim-to assess the data quality of height and weight measurements across 7 Belgian hospitals, focusing on the dimensions of completeness and consistency, and to outline the obstacles these hospitals face in sharing and improving data quality standards. Methods: Focusing on data quality dimensions completeness and consistency, this study examined height and weight data collected from 2021 to 2022 within 3 distinct departments-surgical, geriatrics, and pediatrics-in each of the 7 hospitals. Results: Variability was observed in the completeness scores for height across hospitals and departments, especially within surgical and geriatric wards. In contrast, weight data uniformly achieved high completeness scores. Notably, the consistency of height and weight data recording was uniformly high across all departments. Conclusions: A collective collaboration among Belgian hospitals, transcending network affiliations, was formed to conduct this data quality assessment. This study demonstrates the potential for improving data quality across health care organizations by sharing knowledge and good practices, establishing a foundation for future, similar research.
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