The Uniform Data Set for Medical Rehabilitation: the role of the health information manager.
The Uniform Data Set for Medical Rehabilitation (UDS) can be used to measure the effectiveness of rehabilitation programs. This article outlines potential applications of the UDS and the role of the health information manager (HIM) in managing data collection. HIMs can assist in the design of data collection systems which will provide data which are of high quality. The HIM can also assist in the production and interpretation of reports.
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School of Health Information Management, University of Sydney, Australia.
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