The fundamental data structure in a data processing system. Any unit of data defined for processing is a data element; for example, ACCOUNT NUMBER, NAME, ADDRESS and CITY. A data element is defined by ...
Electronic health records (EHRs) that use structured data elements are documenting patient information using controlled vocabulary rather than narrative text. The historic lack of structured data and ...
For 20 years, the United States health care system has been on a journey to achieve universal adoption of electronic health record (EHR) technology and, eventually, interoperability between systems. A ...