Electronic research administration

Pain research using Veterans Health Administration electronic and administrative data sources.

Health services researchers are using Veterans Health Administration (VHA) electronic health record (EHR) data sources to examine the prevalence, treatment, and outcomes of pain among Veterans in VHA care. Little guidance currently exists on using these data; thus, findings may vary depending on the methods, data sources, and definitions used. We sought to identify current practices in order to...

research paradigms in public administration

the term paradigm has become a central issue in philosophy of science. increasing attention to paradigm in public administration, as a branch of social science, is also highlighted. this paper attempts to analysis seven paradigms in public administration research and to study ontological, epistemological, methodological, rhetorical and axiological assumptions of the each paradigm. finally, we b...

Medication administration discrepancies persist despite electronic ordering.

Background Up to 38% of inpatient medication errors occur at the administration stage. Although they reduce prescribing errors, computerized provider order entry (CPOE) systems do not prevent administration errors or timing discrepancies. This study determined the degree to which CPOE medication orders matched actual dose administration times. METHODS At a 658-bed academic hospital with CPOE bu...

An Electronic Clinical Research System

Clinical research typically requires the collection of multiple pieces of information from individual research subjects. These data are collected at specific events over a period of time. The nature of the information collected and the schedule according to which the information is collected differ among studies. However, the information gathered in such studies can conveniently be maintained i...

Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap)