The essential nature of healthcare databases in critical care medicine

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Greg Martin, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2008
• Publisher: BioMed Central
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © 2008 BioMed Central Ltd
• Final Published Version (URL): http://ccforum.com/content/12/5/176
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Critical Care
• ISSN: 1364-8535
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 5
• Start Page: 176
• End Page: 176
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, General

Abstract

Medical databases serve a critical function in healthcare, including the areas of patient care, administration, research and education. The quality and breadth of information collected into existing databases varies tremendously, between databases, between institutions and between national boundaries. The field of critical care medicine could be advanced substantially by the development of comprehensive and accurate databases.