Technological Innovations in the Development of Cardiovascular Clinical Information Systems

  • Authors:
  • Nan-Chen Hsieh;Chung-Yi Chang;Kuo-Chen Lee;Jeen-Chen Chen;Chien-Hui Chan

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Information Management, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei, Republic of China 11257;Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery Heart Center, Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China;Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery Heart Center, Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China;Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery Heart Center, Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China;Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taipei County, Republic of China 25137

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Medical Systems
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Recent studies have shown that computerized clinical case management and decision support systems can be used to assist surgeons in the diagnosis of disease, optimize surgical operation, aid in drug therapy and decrease the cost of medical treatment. Therefore, medical informatics has become an extensive field of research and many of these approaches have demonstrated potential value for improving medical quality. The aim of this study was to develop a web-based cardiovascular clinical information system (CIS) based on innovative techniques, such as electronic medical records, electronic registries and automatic feature surveillance schemes, to provide effective tools and support for clinical care, decision-making, biomedical research and training activities. The CIS developed for this study contained monitoring, surveillance and model construction functions. The monitoring layer function provided a visual user interface. At the surveillance and model construction layers, we explored the application of model construction and intelligent prognosis to aid in making preoperative and postoperative predictions. With the use of the CIS, surgeons can provide reasonable conclusions and explanations in uncertain environments.