The essential nature of healthcare databases in critical care medicine

doi:10.1186/cc6993

Critical Care
Volume 12
Issue 5

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The essential nature of healthcare databases in critical care medicine

Greg S Martin

Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Emory University School of Medicine, 49 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA

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Critical Care 2008, 12:176doi:10.1186/cc6993


Published:	1 September 2008

See related research by Misset et al., http://ccforum.com/content/12/4/R95

Abstract

Medical databases serve a critical function in healthcare, including the areas of patient care, administration, research and education. The quality and breadth of information collected into existing databases varies tremendously, between databases, between institutions and between national boundaries. The field of critical care medicine could be advanced substantially by the development of comprehensive and accurate databases.