A Survey for Computerized Health Information System at Occupational Health Care Centers.
- Author:
Eun Hee HA
1
;
Yun Chul HONG
;
Cheol Hwan KIM
;
Kyung Ja JUNE
;
Hye Sook PARK
;
Mi Ran YANG
;
Heui Sug JO
;
Bo Eun LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Preventive Medicine, Medical College, Ewha Womans Univeristy, Korea. eunheeha@mm.ewha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Computerized health information system;
Occupational health care center;
Comprehensive occupational health service
- MeSH:
Administrative Personnel;
Health Information Management;
Health Information Systems*;
Humans;
Information Systems;
Memory;
Occupational Health Services;
Occupational Health*;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Workplace
- From:Journal of Korean Society of Medical Informatics
1998;4(2):7-15
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
In order to evaluate the status of health information management for occupational health care center, we surveyed the computerized health information system using questionnaires form July 15 to August 31 in 1997. Among the 105 centers, 53 centers answered. The results were as follows; 1. Twenty nine centers(54.7%) had computerized information system. Most of them have operated this system for 5 years ago, and the users were administrators, doctors, nurses, and hygienists. The most of twenty nine centers which had introduced the health information system developed the software programs by themselves(41.4%) or with computer companies(58.6%). The main reasons that the centers introduced the computerized health information system were to do financial work and manage the occupational data; including medical examination, environmental evaluation, and other statistics. The problems in operation of computerized information system were low capacity level of memory, non-transferability to other programs and high cost. They demanded the more advanced level of functional diversity, continuity, and accuracy in data management. 2. Sixty nine percent of the centers which had the computerized health information system and forty six percent of the centers which had not it had plans to extend or introduce the system. They presumed that they would spend the 10-50 million Won to do that. 3. Necessary were the advanced computer program which included the comprehensive occupational health service, transferability to other programs, linkage with other occupational health care centers, worksites and government information system.
