Title :
The emergency department triage of community-acquired pneumonia project data and documentation systems: a model for multicenter clinical trials
Author :
Obrosky, D. Scott ; Edick, Stacey M. ; Fine, Michael J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Med., Univ. of Pittsburgh Sch. of Med., PA
fDate :
4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Multicenter clinical trials are complex undertakings that require significant resources to ensure efficient, high quality research. This paper describes the goals, design, and implementation of a multicenter clinical trial database management system to support this aim. A large number of study sites or patients, and the goal of automatically generating large portions of data management infrastructure from common metadata, motivated the development of the system. This paper also describes extensions for a generalized project documentation system, and discusses plans for further extensions and improvements based on observed strengths, limitations, and anticipated technological change
Keywords :
database management systems; diseases; document handling; medical information systems; quality assurance; data dictionary; data management infrastructure; documentation systems; generalized project documentation system; metadata; multicenter clinical trial database management system; pneumonia project data; quality assurance; Clinical trials; Data analysis; Database systems; Dictionaries; Documentation; Guidelines; Lungs; Medical services; Personnel; Quality management; Clinical trials; data dictionary; data management systems; documentation; quality assurance;
Journal_Title :
Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TITB.2005.864369
