The evaluation of the need to share medical data on the community medical ICT network service in Nagasaki, Japan

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2013:192:1017.

Abstract

The Community Medical ICT Network service at the Nagasaki, Japan was established in 2009. Medical information network for sharing patients data was investigated focused on the access log data from April of 2009 and October of 2010. The total number of the access to the medical information was 30,914 of 2,213 patients. And the total number of access of the image including diagnostic imaging report, medical examination, treatment and medical documents was 10,278(33.2%), 8,949(28.9%), 6,896(22.3%) and 4,791(15.5%) respectively. These results showed that these medical information had enough valued for sharing in the regional medicine. In conclusion, many types of medical information should be required for sharing in the community medical ICT network in Japan.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Community Networks / statistics & numerical data*
  • Electronic Health Records / statistics & numerical data*
  • Information Storage and Retrieval / statistics & numerical data*
  • Japan
  • Medical Informatics / statistics & numerical data*
  • Medical Record Linkage*
  • Needs Assessment*