OBJECTIVE In UK general practice, the coding of clinical data (Read Coding) is far from universal. This study set out to examine the barriers to recording structured information in computerised medical records; and to explore whether managers and clinicians had different perspectives in how these barriers should be overcome. METHOD A qualitative study, using semi-structured interviews of gene...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSES In response to the new Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) mandate for residency programs to use feedback to improve its educational program, we piloted a novel evaluation strategy of a residency program using structured interviews of resident graduates working in a primary care practice and their physician associates. METHODS A research assist...

Methods Primary care providers (PCPs) were recruited, stratified on their rates of patient referral to CAM therapies. Acupuncturists and chiropractors were recruited from among those who treated MCO patients, stratified on numbers of MCO patients seen. Patients were recruited from among 11,960 respondents to a questionnaire on use of acupuncture and chiropractic for chronic pain, stratified on ...

Triangulation of research methods was used to investigate family planning practices among Swazi women, men and adolescents. Seventeen focus group interviews were conducted. The findings of focus group interviews were used to develop a structured interview schedule for conducting quantitative research. Both the qualitative and quantitative research results revealed that value of children, lack o...

In this paper an approach for measuring an monitoring the rehabilitation of patients on monitoring stations via the combined analyses of structured and unstructured data is presented. Here, the focus is on stroke patients in different rehabilitation phases. For clarification interviews with IT managers from hospitals and with parts of the medical staff were carried. Based on the information fro...

Methods We aimed to measure multiple indicators of impact for methodological research projects conducted or completed at the UK Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) from 2009-2012. Publication citation rates were obtained using ISI Web of Science. Email queries generated by these projects were recorded retrospectively. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with CTU methodolog...

It is important for MIS educators to have a good understanding of what IT knowledge and skill are required in business. In this study, a total of 103 semi-structured interviews were conducted with hiring companies in the Midwest region. The interviews with key business recruiters suggest that IT knowledge and skills are significantly considered during the recruiting process, even if the target ...