Abstract
We have been operating a regional medical information sharing system, with the Munakata Medical Association Hospital as a central administrator, for a period of 2 years. The number of registered patients stands at 813 and the results during the period show medical institutions accessing information 1,839 times and 5,802 pages collated for reference.
The analysis of the access log showed the following:
1) Analysing the access log permits, evaluation of the information network.
2) Reports and summarized information such as reports from medical image examinations, electronic patient records and document information were most used.
3) Information on many of the patients who registered for the system was requested within the first two weeks of their registering, within six months covered 90% of the total accessed pages.
4) Medical institutions accessed data in relation to two main categories of patients: those who were hospitalised or receiving continuous medical care; and those patients who had undergone workup.
For a regional medical information sharing system, we cleared that it is more effective to computerize and utilize data where medical decisions and practice including reports and summaries are consolidated rather than simply inputting raw data such as medical examination data or medical images.
