When the quality of the data is so poor, what makes them a boon?
What level of quality would you accept as a boon?
If my shop, or a hospital, has access to data on a million people and the data is wrong on allegies to medicines in some how many errors are acceptable?
1 in a million? 1 in 100,000? 1 in 100? 1 in 10?
When determining how much taxpayer money goes where, what level of data quality is acceptable?
Let’s spend taxpayer money on Maternal and Infant death. What level of data quality is acceptable to design the program and actually have a positive effect on the death rate?
The quality of the data is a function of the data provider. If your data is bad, it is your task to find a different provider.
I deal with several providers that all have excellent electronic records that allow me to know the status of my health as currently established.
Laziness is the culprit. To access and actually use the data, you must spend some time and effort. Or, in a state of laziness you can try to remember and disremember what you think you were told.