title: Fifteen years of medical encoding in the Diogene HIS.
abstract: Obtaining good quality encoded medical information is a major issue for patient documentation, hospital management, and epidemiological statistics. In this paper, the experience of encoding medical information in Geneva since 1978 is described, following 1988 IMIA WG6 recommendations: "There is a need to enhance the involvement of physicians and other health care professionals in the original entry of medical and other relevant data to increase its accuracy and quality".
authors.affiliation: Centre d'Informatique Hospitalière, Hopital Cantonal Universitaire, 1211 Genève 14, Switzerland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Borst
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Griesser
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bourdilloud
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Scherrer
mesh_terms: D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D011786:Quality Control; D013557:Switzerland; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled