Evaluation of Perioperative Management Using Information Communication Technology

—Construction of a Management System for Sterilization of Medical Instruments, Reservations System for Surgery, and Operation Workflow Management System—

Abstract

  New management systems to store data recording the quality of sterilization and the exact history of use for all types of medical instrumentation were installed in our hospital from August 2004. In addition, a reservation system for surgical operations using WEB technology was developed, so physicians can supply accurate data about the surgery in advance to the management system data server and make reservations without the need for hard copy documents. A new system for management of medicines and medical materials and for the storage of nursing reports was also installed, allowing standardization and visualization of surgical data.