Biosample preservation for future research is a fundamental component of translational medicine. At the same time, value stored biosamples largely determined by presence related clinical data and other information. Electronic medical records are unique source large amount information received over long period time. In this regard, genetic types obtained from biosample analysis can be associated...

OBJECTIVES To assess the overall impact of access to the electronic medical record (EMR) on anatomic pathology performance. METHODS We reviewed the results of all use of the EMR by 1 pathologist over an 18-month period. RESULTS Of the 10,107 cases (913 cytology and 9,194 surgical pathology) reviewed, the EMR (excluding anatomic pathology records) was accessed in 222 (2.2% of all cases, 6.5%...

PURPOSE The present study reports the current status of computerizing medical records in Japan. In 2001, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare formulated the Grand Design for the Development of Information Systems in the Healthcare and Medical Fields. The Grand Design stated a numerical target for "spreading the use of electronic medical records (EMR) in at least 60% of Japan's hospitals w...

Hurricane Katrina showed that the current methods for handling medical records are minimally resilient to large scale disasters. This research presents a preliminary model for measuring the resilience of medical records systems against public policy goals and uses the model to illuminate the current state of medical record resilience. From this analysis, three recommendations for how to make me...

Anthropology is now one of the inter-disciplinary scientific fields that is gaining much attention in forensic, socio-cultural, industrial and bio-medical applications. There is a need for a better awareness of some of the impacts--past and present, in the medical practice, of the records that were obtained by workers in this field in view of their proper applications, and future reference. Com...

Patient medical record systems (MRS) merely offer static applications, in which mostly unstructured text is linked to coded data. In these applications the more common presentation is a time oriented one, which does not allow easily for data and information retrieval. Concept oriented views based on supper-concepts (metaterms) initially defined in CISMeF to optimize Web medical search, was impl...

This research used a text data mining technique to extract useful information from nursing records within Electronic Medical Records. Although nursing records provide a complete account of a patient’s information, they are not being fully utilized. Such relevant information as laboratory results and remarks made by doctors and nurses is not always considered. Knowledge concerning the condition ...

In response to mounting evidence that use of electronic medical record systems may cause unintended consequences, and even patient harm, the AMIA Board of Directors convened a Task Force on Usability to examine evidence from the literature and make recommendations. This task force was composed of representatives from both academic settings and vendors of electronic health record (EHR) systems. ...