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Measurement and Review >> Data collection methods

Methods to collect the data for your minimum dataset will generally reflect one of the following approaches:

  • Abstraction of the data from existing medical records; or

  • Direct provision of the necessary data by the clinicians involved in your project (e.g. entering project data into specific forms designed solely for project use).

Both approaches have advantages and disadvantages.

 

 
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  click here.