The article develops metrics for an economic oriented management of data quality. Two data quality dimensions are focussed: consistency and timeliness. For deriving adequate metrics several requirements are stated (e. g. normalisation, cardinality, adaptivity, interpretability). Then the authors discuss existing approaches for measuring data quality and illustrate their weaknesses. Based upon t...

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Background. Little is known about the quality of primary care services delivered in pediatric primary care centers. Only immunizations are routinely monitored in most practices. The use ofcomputer-based patient records in pediatric primary care centers offers the potential to improve quality in areas such as: 1) improved data quality and access; 2) prompting of clinicians; 3) improved patient e...

Competition in the business world is fierce, and poor decisions can bring disaster to firms, especially big data era. Decision quality determined by quality, which refers degree of usability. Data most valuable resource twenty-first century. The open (OD) movement offers publicly accessible for growth a knowledge-based society. As result, idea OD information technology (IT) instrument promoting...