A medical information system of Japanese ceder pollinosis for doctors in Kumamoto prefecture

A second report: The management of this pollen dispersion system in 1996

Abstract

We have regularly sent medical information regarding Japanese ceder pollinosis to otolaryngologists in Kumamoto prefecture by facsimile since 1995 in order to help prevent and treat pollinosis. The faxed information contains the amount of dispersed pollen, the number of pollinosis patients who had visited the hospital in the previous week and the pollen forecasts for the next week. The amount of dispersed pollen and the number of pollinosis patients who visited the hospital were thus found to be closely related based on an analysis of this information over the two-year period. We ensured that our information was appropriate based on a questionnaire to these same doctors regarding the necessity and usefulness of this information. To improve our present system, improvements in the dissemination of information to general physicians, simplified communication systems and more accurate pollen counts and the prediction of patient systems are needed.