Our Ongoing Data Integrity Monitoring
Our commitment to continuous improvement pushes us to think outside the box when it comes to learning and growing our data integrity monitoring program. We have many tools and monitoring processes that support us in this area.
The Techniques and Tools We Use:
Greenlighting/Initial Inter-Rater Reliability (IRR)
All team members, other than in the Oncology Registry, must consistently receive 97% or greater data element match upon secondary full case review by a tenured clinical data specialist on the project. Oncology Registry team members must consistently receive 95% or greater data element match which is higher than the industry standard.
Group case reviews
- Pre-submission Review – analysis of cases in aggregate prior to submission using tools such as the Data Quality Report (DQR) or other bulk reporting systems, best practice to complete pre-submission review weekly
- Ongoing Treatment Grid, Data Completeness Audits, Industry Standard Case Edits
In-process reviews
Users of Q-Centrix’s propriety software packages will benefit from additional real-time, in-application mistake proofing features, data interfacing for pre-population and enhanced reporting and analytics features.
Sampled Reviews
- Risk-based sampling at different levels across all partners & clinical data experts.
- Sampling is executed by a sophisticated algorithm
- Ongoing Inter-Rater Reliability (IRR) – Full case review with expectation of 97% or greater data element match
- Critical Element Review (CER) – A review of the most critical data elements. For Oncology, this is utilized to satisfy our CoC Accredited Oncology partners Standard 6.1 Quality Data Review.
Event-based case reviews
- Focused Reviews – targeted case review by project leadership experts
- Specific Element Reviews – requested secondary reviews by the clinical data specialist when there is uncertainty empowers our team to raise their hand with questions and ensure best in class data integrity
- Fallout/Exception/Occurrence Review – supplemental sample may be triggered by case element(s) that are outside acceptable or best practice ranges set by the governing body.
Total quality touches
- Metric reported in the Q-Card capturing the percentage of cases impacted by the following quality checks:
- Greenlighting/Initial IRR
- Focused Reviews
- Specific Element Reviews
- Fallouts/Exception/Occurrence Reviews
- Sampled Reviews (Ongoing IRR and CER)
This represents a comprehensive overview of all the different tools used by Q-Centrix for data integrity monitoring across all product categories, not all types of touches listed above will apply to every area and our team will highlight for you those that are actively employed in your area(s) of interest.
