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Capturing data from distant hospital databases for cancer registration.

D F Pheby
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The particular logistical problems of collecting cancer registration data in the South-Western region of England are discussed. The Regional Cancer Registry has endeavoured to overcome these through developing electronic links to hospital-based patient-information systems. Some of these involve data transfer on magnetic media, but there are also interrogation facilities which operate on a realtime, interactive basis, and complement these other facilities. A PC-based program (SNODEV5), which can accept data from histopathology computer systems, translate SNOMED codes to ICD-9, and produce files suitable for processing by the registry's Batch Data Entry system is described. Its contribution to the achievement and monitoring of equity in health care provision is discussed.

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Data CollectionEnglandHospital Information SystemsHumansInformation SystemsMedical Informatics ComputingMedical Records Systems, ComputerizedMicrocomputersNeoplasmsQuality Assurance, Health CareRegistriesSoftwareJournal Article

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D F Pheby. 1994. Capturing data from distant hospital databases for cancer registration.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10163682/

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