The DRS also uses a centralised quality-controlled grading system, and the criteria for referable disease have not altered over the course of the programme.
Reporters typically included a mix of centralised quality assurance staff (who collected reports from front-line staff and then entered reports for their institution into MEDMARX) and in a minority of institutions, front-line staff directly entering reports.
Through centralised quality assurance, for example, every tenth examination can be automatically double-read and any discrepancies discussed.
To ensure high quality data, a centralised data management performs quality control and plausibility checks according to predefined procedures.
The provision of information about key features of trial quality (and/or about quality assessment) was thought desirable for a centralised resource.
A national database such as the Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre ICNARCCasease Mix Programme in the UK represents a centralised monitoring, surveillance and reporting system for retrospective quality and comparative audit.
He urged that the Austrian Nazi Party change its character as a centralised Reich German Party and become a rallying point for all National Germans.
Data were entered in a centralised database by the expert trained fellow and the quality of the data will be revised.
The use of a centralised call centre enables standardisation of procedures to be easily achieved with constant quality assurance, outcome monitoring and data collection built into the operational system.
