#33 Narrative fields and signal assessors, an exploratory study – Joana Félix and Alem Zekarias
Drug Safety MattersShow Notes
Send us a voicemail! While structured data elements such as patient identifier, medicine name and reaction, are fundamental for adverse event reporting, they may not capture all relevant details. This is where the narrative fields come in, allowing reporters to disclose important contextual information, such as the patient’s full clinical course. But how do PV assessors interact with these narratives in spontaneous reports? What needs and challenges do they experience? These and other questio...
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