scholarly journals Quality of a routine data collection system for health: Case of Kinondoni district in the Dar es Salaam region, Tanzania

2005 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
D.O. Simba ◽  
M.A. Mwangu
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Routine Data ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
Collection System ◽  
Data Collection System ◽  
Routine Data Collection

scholarly journals Using a common data platform to facilitate audit and feedback on the quality of hospital care provided to sick newborns in Kenya

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. e001027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michuki Maina ◽  
Jalemba Aluvaala ◽  
Paul Mwaniki ◽  
Olga Tosas-Auguet ◽  
Catherine Mutinda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Routine Data ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Audit And Feedback ◽  
Electronic Data Collection ◽  
Neonatal Deaths ◽  
Data Platform ◽  
Routine Data Collection ◽  
Over Time

Essential interventions to reduce neonatal deaths that can be effectively delivered in hospitals have been identified. Improving information systems may support routine monitoring of the delivery of these interventions and outcomes at scale. We used cycles of audit and feedback (A&F) coupled with the use of a standardised newborn admission record (NAR) form to explore the potential for creating a common inpatient neonatal data platform and illustrate its potential for monitoring prescribing accuracy. Revised NARs were introduced in a high volume, neonatal unit in Kenya together with 13 A&F meetings over a period of 3  years from January 2014 to November 2016. Data were abstracted from medical records for 15 months before introduction of the revised NAR and A&F and during the 3 years of A&F. We calculated, for each patient, the percentage of documented items from among the total recommended for documentation and trends calculated over time. Gentamicin prescribing accuracy was also tracked over time. Records were examined for 827 and 7336 patients in the pre-A&F and post-A&F periods, respectively. Documentation scores improved overall. Documentation of gestational age improved from <15% in 2014 to >75% in 2016. For five recommended items, including temperature, documentation remained <50%. 16.7% (n=1367; 95%  CI 15.9 to 17.6) of the admitted babies had a diagnosis of neonatal sepsis needing antibiotic treatment. In this group, dosing accuracy of gentamicin improved over time for those under 2  kg from 60% (95%36.1 to 80.1) in 2013 to 83% (95% CI 69.2 to 92.3) in 2016. We report that it is possible to improve routine data collection in neonatal units using a standardised neonatal record linked to relatively basic electronic data collection tools and cycles of A&F. This can be useful in identifying potential gaps in care and tracking outcomes with an aim of improving the quality of care.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Tropospheric and Ionospheric Effects on the Geographic Localization of Data Collection Platforms

2007 ◽  
Vol 2007 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. C. Celestino ◽  
C. T. Sousa ◽  
W. Yamaguti ◽  
H. K. Kuga
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Low Earth Orbit ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Collection System ◽  
Data Collection System ◽  
Doppler Shifts ◽  
Low Earth Orbit Satellites

The Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) is operating the Brazilian Environmental Data Collection System that currently amounts to a user community of around 100 organizations and more than 700 data collection platforms installed in Brazil. This system uses the SCD-1, SCD-2, and CBERS-2 low Earth orbit satellites to accomplish the data collection services. The main system applications are hydrology, meteorology, oceanography, water quality, and others. One of the functionalities offered by this system is the geographic localization of the data collection platforms by using Doppler shifts and a batch estimator based on least-squares technique. There is a growing demand to improve the quality of the geographical location of data collection platforms for animal tracking. This work presents an evaluation of the ionospheric and tropospheric effects on the Brazilian Environmental Data Collection System transmitter geographic location. Some models of the ionosphere and troposphere are presented to simulate their impacts and to evaluate performance of the platform location algorithm. The results of the Doppler shift measurements, using the SCD-2 satellite and the data collection platform (DCP) located in Cuiabá town, are presented and discussed.

A Numerically Coded File of Operative Procedures Derived from a Free Text Data Collection System : A Measure of the Accuracy

1976 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. 21-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen A. Scudiero ◽  
Ruth L. Wong
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Pap Smear ◽  
Operative Procedures ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Collection System ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Text Data ◽  
Data Collection System ◽  
History Of ◽  
Correlation System

A free text data collection system has been developed at the University of Illinois utilizing single word, syntax free dictionary lookup to process data for retrieval. The source document for the system is the Surgical Pathology Request and Report form. To date 12,653 documents have been entered into the system.The free text data was used to create an IRS (Information Retrieval System) database. A program to interrogate this database has been developed to numerically coded operative procedures. A total of 16,519 procedures records were generated. One and nine tenths percent of the procedures could not be fitted into any procedures category; 6.1% could not be specifically coded, while 92% were coded into specific categories. A system of PL/1 programs has been developed to facilitate manual editing of these records, which can be performed in a reasonable length of time (1 week). This manual check reveals that these 92% were coded with precision = 0.931 and recall = 0.924. Correction of the readily correctable errors could improve these figures to precision = 0.977 and recall = 0.987. Syntax errors were relatively unimportant in the overall coding process, but did introduce significant error in some categories, such as when right-left-bilateral distinction was attempted.The coded file that has been constructed will be used as an input file to a gynecological disease/PAP smear correlation system. The outputs of this system will include retrospective information on the natural history of selected diseases and a patient log providing information to the clinician on patient follow-up.Thus a free text data collection system can be utilized to produce numerically coded files of reasonable accuracy. Further, these files can be used as a source of useful information both for the clinician and for the medical researcher.

Salama SHIELD Foundation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Kay Gugerty ◽  
Dean Karlan
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Monitoring Data ◽  
Collection System ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Data Collection System ◽  
Program Officer

Monitoring data at the Ugandan Salama SHIELD Foundation revealed perfect repayment rates in its microfinance program. But rather than take these data at face value, a diligent program officer set out to determine if the data might be concealing other stories. In his efforts to investigate the truth behind the data, he made a number of decisions about what data to collect—and, importantly, what not to. But, as this case demonstrates, actionable data is only half the story; right-fit resources and systems are necessary to turn data into action. Readers will think critically about what data are necessary to answer key operational questions and will design data collection instruments to deliver these data. They will also consider ways of applying the CART principles to strengthen the data collection system and determine where the organization should focus its monitoring efforts.

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