Therefore, the importance of these issues in driving the new disease terminologies was not appreciated by the primary user community (the data coordinators).
The physiological data available in TARN are identical to those in CRASH-2, in that for every patient the heart rate, systolic blood pressure, Glasgow coma score, respiratory rate, and capillary refill time on arrival are entered by the hospital data coordinators.
All medical records of patients in contact with the ED were reviewed (via EPIC patient chart and EPIC reports targeting ICD-9 codes 800-959.99 AND/OR consult with a physician who is part of the trauma service AND/OR activation of the trauma service) by the hospital Trauma Data Coordinator.
ICU type was determined by a local data coordinator at each site.
Over the past 10 years, the original partnership of clinician and statistician for the running of clinical research projects, especially clinical trials, has come to be supplemented by the data manager and trial coordinator.
Assessment instruments, including the ASI, were completed by data coordinators.
Work is also underway to improve routine paper-based MOH reports compiled by trained data coordinators who partner with district supervisors.
The data collected from case notes by onsite AMOSS data coordinators were de-identified, and no consent was required by participants.
All collected data was validated with the patient's medical records by departmental clinical data coordinators after discharge.
The completed questionnaires were checked by the coordinator (one coordinator in each county) of the study.
All women transferred in another hospital after delivery were tracked by the data collectors or the national coordinator.
