Abstract
“The effective utilization” of healthcare data and information is becoming increasingly important for the hospital management, the outcome evaluation, and decision-making to improve quality care and health services, as well as leaning and research, in Japanese medical institutions. Health information systems such as electronic medical records have been widely used, many organizations have massive amounts of data stored in various systems organization wide, then data warehouse (DWH) technologies are required to apply for information and evidence based managements.
Although DWH technologies have been used in non-healthcare industries widely, but their used in healthcare industry is still in an early stage.
In this symposium, speakers will present about their cases of DWH installations and the utilization of healthcare data/information in a single hospital or group hospitals. They also describe their benefits and issues according to their experiences. We will discuss about general and future aspects after the presentations.
