Building a Foundation for High-Quality Health Data: Multihospital Case Study in Belgium

Jens Declerck   ^{1, 2} , MSc ;   Bert Vandenberk   ³ , MD, PhD ;   Mieke Deschepper   ⁴ , PhD ;   Kirsten Colpaert   ⁴ , Prof Dr ;   Lieselot Cool   ⁵ , PhD ;   Jens Goemaere   ⁵ , MSc ;   Mona Bové   ⁶ , PhD ;   Frank Staelens   ⁶ , Prof Dr ;   Koen De Meester   ⁷ , MSc ;   Eva Verbeke   ⁷ , BA ;   Elke Smits   ^{8, 9} , Prof Dr ;   Cami De Decker   ⁸ , BSc ;   Nicky Van Der Vekens   ¹⁰ , DVM, PhD ;   Elin Pauwels   ¹¹ , PhD ;   Robert Vander Stichele   ¹² , Prof Dr ;   Dipak Kalra   ^{1, 2} , Prof Dr ;   Pascal Coorevits   ¹ , Prof Dr

¹ Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Unit of Medical Informatics and Statistics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

² The European Institute for Innovation through Health Data, Ghent, Belgium

³ Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

⁴ Data Science Institute, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

⁵ Data Science, Algemeen Ziekenhuis Groeninge, Kortrijk, Belgium

⁶ Department of Quality and Process Managenemt, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Hospital, Aalst, Belgium

⁷ Cell Business Intelligence, Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint-Lucas, Ghent, Belgium

⁸ Clinical Research Center, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium

⁹ University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

¹⁰ Clinical Data Manager, General Hospital Maria Middelares, Ghent, Belgium

¹¹ Quality Department, General Hospital Maria Middelares, Ghent, Belgium

¹² Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, Ghent, Belgium