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J Am Med Inform Assoc 14:349-354 doi:10.1197/jamia.M2128
  • Original Investigation

Computerized Extraction of Information on the Quality of Diabetes Care from Free Text in Electronic Patient Records of General Practitioners

Table 3

Type and Underlying Reasons for Corrective Actions Needed During Post-processing in the Field Test (10 GP practices), Standardized to a Population of 100 Patients per Practice

General Database Error Mean (SD) Data Entry Error GP Mean (SD) Extraction Error Mean (SD) Total Mean (SD)
Deleted data (n) 45.1 (110.5) 28.1 (27.8) 455.1 (406.3) 528.3 (500.6)
Modified value (n) 71.9 (63.2) 32.7 (36.7) 20.8 (25.0) 125.3 (96.7)
Modified variable (n) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0) 20.6 (22.2) 20.6 (22.2)
Added data (n) 0.0 (0.0) 21.9 (43.6) 118.9 (123.4) 140.8 (128.2)
% Corrective actions 13.6 (10.8) 11.4 (11.9) 75.0 (16.6)

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