Global trends in the use of nationwide big data for solving healthcare problems.
10.5124/jkma.2014.57.5.386
- Author:
Jong Myon BAE
1
Author Information
1. Department of Preventive Medicine, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea. jmbae@jejunu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Comparative effectiveness research;
Biomedical technology;
Electronic health records;
Medical record linkage;
Computerized medical records systems
- MeSH:
Biomedical Technology;
Comparative Effectiveness Research;
Confidentiality;
Delivery of Health Care*;
Electronic Health Records;
European Union;
Health Expenditures;
Investments;
Korea;
Medical Informatics;
Medical Record Linkage;
Medical Records Systems, Computerized;
Privacy;
United States
- From:Journal of the Korean Medical Association
2014;57(5):386-390
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
While Korea had the highest rate of increase in per capita health expenditures from 1997 to 2007 among The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, it is necessary in all countries to establish sustainable health care systems that efficiently use the existing effective treatment methods. For dealing with the overwhelming health care crisis, the European Union and the United States (US) have launched Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) programs, respectively. Further, the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research in US has considered the development of the CER data infrastructure to be the primary investment needed in order to reform the national health care system. The main reason is that investment in data infrastructure can potentially generate significant additional investment in CER. In addition, the Council stressed the need for coordination between CER and health information technology through a distributed network of electronic health records. These directions and decisions on driving CER in the US may provide an invaluable lesson on solving some healthcare problems in Korea. However, barriers to the potential contribution of the existing databases to CER must be overcome, including interoperability, privacy protection and confidentiality, and active participation of the holders of the related databases.
