Electronic Clinical Path System Based on Semistructured Data Model Using Personal Digital Assistant for Onsite Access

Authors:
Osamu Okada;Naoki Ohboshi;Tomohiro Kuroda;Keisuke Nagase;Hiroyuki Yoshihara
Affiliations:
Department of Medical Informatics, Kyoto University Hospital, Sakyo-ku, Japan 606-8507;Department of Informatics, School of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, Japan 577-8502;Department of Medical Informatics, Kyoto University Hospital, Sakyo-ku, Japan 606-8507;Department of Medical Informatics, Kyoto University Hospital, Sakyo-ku, Japan 606-8507;Department of Medical Informatics, Kyoto University Hospital, Sakyo-ku, Japan 606-8507
Venue:
Journal of Medical Systems
Year:
2005

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Abstract

Clinical Paths (Paths) have been introduced by different hospitals for patient care management. An Electronic Clinical Path (ECP) with onsite access provision seems to improve the efficiency of medical staffs because they can share vast medical information about patients at a time and also can reuse accumulated data easily, which is impossible with paper-based Path. Data model is the basis for implementing ECP. However, there is no established model for ECP. The purpose of this study is to introduce a model for ECP and implement an ECP with onsite access system. We introduced a Semistructured Data Model (SSDM) for ECP, and implemented a Web application system based on this model using Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) as inputting device. Our system functioned as expected with wireless LAN, and users handled the data on bedside using PDA. By introducing SSDM, we showed the correspondence between schema of Paths and implementation of ECP.