Designing a
minimum data set for breast cancer: a starting point for breast cancer registration in iran.
The validity of the
Minimum Data Set in measuring the cognitive impairment of persons admitted to nursing homes.
After comparing the content of re cords in the above-mentioned countries and obtaining a
minimum data set for athletes' personal health records, a checklist was developed containing four sources of information, i.e.
Temporal and Geographic variation in the validity and internal consistency of the Nursing Home Resident Assessment
Minimum Data Set 2.0.
WHEREAS, the National
Minimum Data Set (NMDS) are to provide nursing sensitive quality indicator and outcomes data and information about nursing care to influence practice, administrative and health policy decision making as well as stimulate nursing research and knowledge to improve the safety and quality care.
We believe that the
minimum data set for biomarker studies should include a unique trial identifier, contact information, a definition of the marker, the clinical context and the relevant outcomes, main results, criteria for the expected marker performance, and the targeted study size.
In addition to the National Patient Care Database [19-21,24,30], data sources evaluated include the Veterans Health Administration Corporate Data Warehouse [26], the VA's National Spinal Cord Dysfunction Registry [19], the
Minimum Data Set (long-term care resident assessment) [24], Medicare's End-Stage Renal Disease Medical Evidence Report [27], Medicaid and Medicare claims [29-30], and the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey [31].
The team analyzed data on residents scheduled for
Minimum Data Set assessments in 71 nursing homes in eight states.
The term "orphan" refers to chemicals for which manufacturers did not provide the
minimum data set through the voluntary HPV Challenge Program.
To facilitate, companies making or processing new chemicals would have to submit a "
minimum data set" as part of their pre-manufacture notifications including information on substance characteristics, hazards, exposure and use details.
Using indicators from the Online Survey Certification and Reporting (OSCAR) database and the
Minimum Data Set (MDS), nursing home performance (and differences across nursing homes in care quality) have been studied using a wide range of quality measures, including clinical measures of physical and cognitive functioning (such as pressure ulcer occurrence and stage, decline in activities of daily living, and pain), inspection deficiencies, financial viability, and inadequate staffing.
The agencies included the Florida Office of Vital Statistics, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, the Children's Medical Services Regional Perinatal Intensive Care Centers Program and
Minimum Data Set, the state's Early Intervention Program, and the Florida Department of Education (Pediatrics 2009;123:e622-9).