The manual and programs were refined following provision to two national insurers who applied the programs to claims databases, following instructions on data preparation, data validation, analysis, and verification and interpretation of program output.
During the training period, the monitor-supervisors gave instruction on ensuring data quality, interviewing techniques, research ethics, and patient selection, and were familiarized with the survey tools to be used.
CPUs have a small number of registers, very fast SRAM that hold current instructions and the data on which they operate.
They also received special instruction on the purpose of the study, data collection tools, recruitment procedures, the consent process, data collection, and ethical issues.
OMB will be publishing further guidance, including more details on specific reporting instructions and on how the data collection will work government-wide.
Data are reported to a central database after discharge of the patient, and detailed instructions on the reporting of data have been provided by the DSR in order to ensure the data validity and completeness (case ascertainment) of the database.
In order to minimize educational issues, descriptors and instructions for use were clearly indicated on the data collection sheet for the three tools (see Additional file 1).
Publically available data files and detailed instructions on analysis of the data are available on the NHAMCS website [12].
The program can then use memory instructions directly on the file data.
In this position, Sophia provided consultations to researchers on data management best practices, curated research data to support long-term preservation and reuse, and provided training and instruction on data management policies, strategies, and tools.
