Feb 14
Prioritization/Triage: High-level assessment of key characteristics of source documents to determine cases of critical importance/urgency prior to data processing to ensure the case is processed in the appropriate timeline. Prioritization is typically based on factors such as death or life-threatening events, case seriousness, country-specific reporting timelines, association (relatedness), and/or expectedness. Once cases have been prioritized, they are assigned to an appropriate workflow/person.
In 2020:
60% of respondents were applying at least some level of automation.
40% of respondents reported no automation of this ICSR process step.
In 2021:
83% of respondents were applying at least some automation.
17% of respondents reported no automation of this ICSR process step.
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