Emergent Approach to Community-based Medical Cooperation Information System

Evaluating Practices of DASCH Pro

Abstract

With population ageing, the demand for medical care and nurcing care has been growing lately. It isdesirable that the demand is effectively and efficiently satisfied in the community where the elderly have lived for a long time. To do so, we need the cooperation between medical care provider, long-term care provider and the related organs in the community. ICT is a means to support the cooperation. This paper introduces a case of information system supporting community-based medical cooperation. And this paper describes that development method of medical cooperation infrastructure that enables prototyping approach and emergent approach should be studied.