Abstract

Volume.120 Number.8

Original article : Clinical science

Current Status of Glaucoma-related Data Management and Efforts toward Data Standardization
Kenji Kashiwagi1, Makoto Aihara2, Masaru Inatani3, Aiko Iwase4, Kazuhide Kawase5, Kazuhisa Sugiyama6, Toru Nakazawa7, Makoto Nakamura8, Takeo Fukuchi9, Takeshi Yoshitomi10, Makoto Araie11
1 Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi
2 Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine
3 Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medical Science, University of Fukui
4 Tajimi Iwase Eye Clinic
5 Department of Ophthalmology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine
6 Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science
7 Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
8 Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
9 Department of Ophthalmology, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital
10 Department of Ophthalmology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine
11 Kanto Central Hospital of the Mutual Aid Association of Public School Teachers

Purpose: We conducted a survey to evaluate the current status of glaucoma-related medical data management and standardization, aiming to improve the development of glaucoma care and research in Japan.
Materials and methods: The survey was performed as a paper-based questionnaire of 14 universities that both participate in the glaucoma-related data standardization committee, established by the Japan Glaucoma Society in 2014, and actively perform glaucoma care.
Results: All enrolled university hospitals installed an electronic hospital information system and used any of three ophthalmology-limited electronic chart systems. However, only 30.8% of the hospitals established a data extraction system from an electronic medical chart system, and only 14.3% could practically apply medical data for secondary research purposes. In all, 35.7% of the hospitals operate a medical cooperation system with local medical institutions and 42.9% electronically managed medical data inside their departments.
Conclusion: This survey clarified the current state of medical data management and standardization.
Nippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi (J Jpn Ophthalmol Soc) 120: 540-547, 2016.

Key words
Glaucoma, Medical data standardization, Medical cooperation, Secondary use of medical data
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Kenji Kashiwagi, M.D. Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi. 1110 Shimokato, Chuo-shi, Yamanashi-ken 409-3898, Japan