ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DATA FOR INJURY SURVEILLANCE IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TWO VICTORIAN HOSPITAL DATA SOURCES

Assessing the quality of emergency department data for injury surveillance in Victoria, Australia: a comparative analysis of two Victorian hospital data sources

Objective The emergency department (ED) is pivotal in treating serious injuries, making it a valuable source for population-based injury surveillance.In Victoria, information that is relevant to injury surveillance is collected in the Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD).This study aims to assess the data quality of the VEMD as an injury data

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Inter-Limb Muscle Synergies and Kinematic Analysis of Hands-and-Knees Crawling in Typically Developing Infants and Infants With Developmental Delay

Hands-and-knees-crawling is an important motor developmental milestone and a unique window into the development of central nervous system (CNS).Mobility during crawling is regularly used in clinical assessments to identify delays in motor development.However, possible contribution from CNS impairments to motor Skin Cleanser development delay is sti

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Processing Government Data: ZIP Codes, Python, and OpenRefine

While there is a vast amount of useful US government data on the web, some of it is in a raw state sex-swings that is not readily accessible to the average user.Data librarians can improve accessibility and usability for their patrons by processing data to create subsets of local interest and by appending geographic identifiers to help users select

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