Ethnicity Recording in Primary Care Computerised Medical Record Systems: An Ontological Approach

Ethnicity Recording in Primary Care Computerised Medical Record Systems: An Ontological Approach

Background Ethnicity recording within primary care computerised medical record (CMR) systems is suboptimal, exacerbated by tangled taxonomies within current coding systems. Objective To develop a method for extending ethnicity identification using routinely collected data. Methods We used an ontol...

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Main Authors: Zayd Tippu, Ana Correa, Harshana Liyanage, David Burleigh, Andrew McGovern, Jeremy Van Vlymen, Simon Jones, Simon de Lusignan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT 2017-03-01
Series:Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics
Subjects:
Epidemiology
Ethnic Group
Primary Health Care
Online Access:https://hijournal.bcs.org/index.php/jhi/article/view/920

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