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- Janet P Smith, Alan C Elliott, Linda S Hynan, Joan S Reisch, and Stan A Waddell.
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Biostatistics, and daggerDepartment of Information Resources, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA. janet.smith@utsouthwestern.edu
- J. Investig. Med. 2010 Mar 1; 58 (3): 544-53.
AbstractOften data collection for clinical studies is an afterthought. The results of such an approach are incomplete or confusing data that can, as a worst case, result in scrapping and restarting the entire study. We discuss the planning process for data collection and storage to include encounter form development; data flow and capture; data checking, verification, and validation; advantage of relational databases over spreadsheets; data security; and aspects of a complete data system.
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