P30 * IS NATIONAL SURGEON LEVEL DATA ACCURATE?

Computerisation of perinatal data entry: Is the data accurate?

Perinatal data (PD) is collected for mothers and babies Australia wide as mandated at a federal level. The data is used to monitor patterns in midwifery, obstetric and neonatal practice and health outcomes and is also used for research purposes, funding allocation and the education of midwives and medical officers. Accuracy in PD is most often reported via quantitative validation studies of PD ...

My mommy is a surgeon.

National Survey of UK Consultant Surgeons' Opinions on Surgeon-Specific Mortality Data in Cardiothoracic Surgery.

BACKGROUND In the United Kingdom, cardiothoracic surgeons have led the outcome reporting revolution seen over the last 20 years. The objective of this survey was to assess cardiothoracic surgeons' opinions on the topic, with the aim of guiding future debate and policy making for all subspecialties. METHODS AND RESULTS A questionnaire was developed using interviews with experts in the field. I...

Accurate logic - level power estimation

sizable errors for gates with highly loaded inputs and lightly loaded outputs [3]. The connection matrix can be used to detect conditions for which there is a transient open path between Vdd and Vss. On every input pattern transition , we check if any node that was connected to Vdd in the old input conguration is connected to Vss in the new one or viceversa. If this condition is veried, short c...

Clone Detection: How accurate is your data set?

Duplication of code in software systems is considered to be a serious problem that can affect a systems maintainability and extendability. It is reported that 10-15% of code in a software system is involved in cloning. However, because of the difficultly of objectively measuring the number of false positives in a clone result set, the accuracy of these reports is difficult to evaluate. Although...