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Profile of Nagoya University Hospital 2012

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Medical IT Center
Director YOSHIDA, Shigeru (Associate Professor)
Supporting hospital operations through information technology and management
This center developed a comprehensive hospital information system (electronic medical records), which controls and manages total medical records in the hospital. This system is state-of-the-art system in Japan, so that patients' personal information is well protected and high-quality medical services are provided.

Operation System

This center was developed to controls and manages medical records with comprehensive hospital information system. The comprehensive control and management is conducted collaboratively with administrative divisions of IT System and the Medical Records.

Scope of Medical Services

Furthermore the development, control, and management of electronic medical records, the center promotes IT literacy of staff and enhances IT intelligence for research using clinical information.

Features

Our comprehensive hospital information system use an object-oriented database Caché, which is an advanced system in Japan and operate a large-scale, stable system. Integrating hospital information system and FileMaker, our comprehensive hospital information system covers large hospital operation.

Medical Service Results

Nagoya University Hospital was first to integrate operations between commercial software (FileMaker) and Hospital information system among national university hospitals in Japan. This enabled clinical information at each department to be successfully integrated. The center focuses on establish a three-layer hospital information system.

Other Undertakings

The center utilizes data entered in electronic medical records statistically using a clinical data warehousing system on a trial basis. Analyzing the data that may be beneficial to clinical applications, the center will help improve the quality of our medical services. Furthermore, the center aims to develop the CDSS (Clinical Decision Support system) and to create intelligent clinical information system.

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