TY - GEN
T1 - Exploring barriers for health visitors' adaption of the Danish children's database
AU - Pape-Haugaard, Louise
AU - Haugaard, Karin
AU - Carøe, Per
AU - Høstgaard, Anna Marie
PY - 2013/12/1
Y1 - 2013/12/1
N2 - Denmark has unique health informatics databases such as 'The Children's Database' (CDB), which since 2009 has held data on all Danish children from birth until 17 years of age. In the current set-up a number of potential sources of error exist-both technical and human-which means that the data is flawed. The objective of this paper is both to clarify errors in the database and to enlighten the underlying mechanisms causing these errors. This is done through an ethnographic study using participant observations, interviews and workshops. Errors are documented through statistical analysis. The data show redundant records. This redundancy can be explained by multiple transmissions conducted by end users or systems, or a lack of validation methods in the National CDB. In our results three types of cases are presented: from health visitors at school, from health visitors visiting families and from health visitors at central health offices.
AB - Denmark has unique health informatics databases such as 'The Children's Database' (CDB), which since 2009 has held data on all Danish children from birth until 17 years of age. In the current set-up a number of potential sources of error exist-both technical and human-which means that the data is flawed. The objective of this paper is both to clarify errors in the database and to enlighten the underlying mechanisms causing these errors. This is done through an ethnographic study using participant observations, interviews and workshops. Errors are documented through statistical analysis. The data show redundant records. This redundancy can be explained by multiple transmissions conducted by end users or systems, or a lack of validation methods in the National CDB. In our results three types of cases are presented: from health visitors at school, from health visitors visiting families and from health visitors at central health offices.
KW - Community health nursing
KW - Organizational Culture
KW - Point of care systems
KW - Public Health informatics
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-1083
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-1083
M3 - Article in proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:84894330299
SN - 9781614992882
VL - 192
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
BT - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
PB - IOS Press
T2 - 14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics
Y2 - 20 August 2013 through 23 August 2013
ER -