Collaboratory Phenotypes, Data Standards, and Data Quality Core Releases Data Quality Assessment White Paper


The NIH Collaboratory’s Phenotypes, Data Standards, and Data Quality Core (now the Electronic Health Records Core) has released a new white paper on data quality assessment in the setting of pragmatic research. The white paper, titled Assessing Data Quality for Healthcare Systems Data Used in Clinical Research (V1.0) provides guidance, based on the best available evidence and practice, for assessing data quality in pragmatic clinical trials (PCTs) conducted through the Collaboratory. Topics covered include an overview of data quality issues in clinical research settings, data quality assessment dimensions (completeness, accuracy, and consistency), and a series of recommendations for assessing data quality. Also included as appendices are a set of data quality definitions and review criteria, as well as a data quality assessment plan inventory.

The full text of the document can be accessed through the “Tools for Research” tab on the Living Textbook or can be downloaded directly here (PDF).