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data element

[′dad·ə ‚el·ə·mənt]
(computer science)
A set of data items pertaining to information of one kind, such as months of a year.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The ultimate data elements of the AMRSS MDS were determined by using the Delphi technique with the participation of available informants, who were 6 experts from the MOHME, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, and Iran University of Medical Sciences.
We, thus, take issue with the authors' contention that the required data elements outlined in the protocols contain elements that are not necessary for clinical care and are there to primarily facilitate "research." The committee has devoted significant time and effort over the years to streamline the more than 67 protocols in order to optimize required elements.
where [Y.sub.j] is the value of the jth data element in [G.sub.i + 1], [Z.sub.j - 1] is the restored value of [Y.sub.j - 1], and w is the extracted bit value of [W.sub.i + 1].
Following the same procedures, scroll down the XML Source pane, about halfway down the list, to find "Net Sales" or the XBRL equivalent data elements of "ns8:SalesRevenueNet," map it to cell "D1" on the Excel worksheet, and then follow the same steps used above for net income.
Although each coding system has its unique elements, some data elements, like vital signs, are captured at nearly every care stage, providing fertile ground for standardization efforts at a national level.
Vaccine manufacturer and vaccine lot number are two data elements recognized for their importance in IIS for vaccine inventory management and their potential to increase patient safety through identification of persons who were administered recalled vaccine and reporting of vaccine-associated adverse events.
Other values should be shown as Data Elements. For example:
For users, there is one place to go for any data element governed by the SOA middleware server.
Data updates occur frequently, and with DBMS software managing the system, these revisions are made in every file containing that revised data element. Moreover, databases typically maintain only the current value for any given data element.
The product is a voluntary system for coding and collecting liability claims data in a common format and consists of an occurrence relationship diagram; nine data standard tables with field definitions; data element definitions; and 13 coding tables including PRDP's Cause of Loss Coding scheme.
The council recently adopted some new data element requirements for non-U.S.
In transport, significant increases occurred for five of seven data elements, with three experiencing increases of more than 10 per cent; the two warehousing data element increases exceeded 10 per cent and were significant at the 95 per cent level of confidence.

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