Surveys of the Present Condition of Utilizing Information Technology in Prefectural Medical Association with Mailing List System

Abstract

 The Japan Medical Association consists of over 150,000 members. It is important to use information technologies in order to manage such a large organization effectually and efficiently. As a function of the information network system for all medical associations in Japan, the Japan Medical Association built the mailing list system for information directors of all prefectural medical associations. In this paper, the questionnaire survey of the present condition of utilizing information technology was carried out with this mailing list system. We analyzed the results, and studied the roles of each medical association and problems in developing and using the information network system.