China ; Information Systems ; Occupational Health Services ; organization & administration ; standards

Information Services ; Information Systems ; standards ; Public Health ; statistics & numerical data ; Public Health Informatics

This article introduces the development of a middleware based on HL7, which solves the problem of data integration and sharing effectively and successfully, among the hospital internal subsystems and different hospitals' information systems.
Computer Communication Networks ; standards ; Computer Systems ; Hospital Information Systems ; standards ; Humans ; Information Services ; Information Systems ; Medical Records Systems, Computerized ; Software ; Systems Integration

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Internet has become an important source of medical information not only for medical personnels but also for patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of internet based medical information about 'gastroesophageal reflux' or 'reflux esophagitis' in Korea. METHODS: The first 15 internet sites using the key words 'gastroesophageal reflux' or 'reflux esophagitis' were retrieved from the 7 most frequently used internet search engines. The quality of information from a total of 108 websites was evaluated using a checklist. RESULTS: Among total 108 sites related to 'gastroesophageal reflux' or 'reflux esophagitis', fifty-six sites (51.8%) were made by hospitals or clinics and 94 sites (87.0%) were made for patients. Of the 108 sites, eleven web sites (10.1%) had more than three JAMA benchmarks (authorship, references, currency, and disclosure). Higher quality sites (at least three JAMA benchmarks) were less likely to contain inaccurate information than lower quality sites (fewer than three JAMA benchmarks)-3/11 (27.2%) vs. 60/97 (61.9%) (p<0.01). Despite the fact that articles in the literature emphasized an insufficient evidence to support an association between the lifestyle, dietary behaviors, and GERD, such guidelines continue to be recommended as first-line therapy in most websites. CONCLUSIONS: Informations about gastroesophageal reflux disease were incomplete in the majority of medical web sites. These would bring about confusion to patients seeking for an information about GERD through the internet. There is a need for better sources in evidence based informations about gastroesophaeal reflux diseases on the web.
Gastroesophageal Reflux/diagnosis/drug therapy/*etiology ; Health Education/*standards ; Humans ; Information Services/standards ; *Internet ; Korea ; Quality of Health Care ; User-Computer Interface

This paper expounds the importance of the application of ISO 9000 quality control system in hospitals, introduces the program files and the relavant software established for its application, and gives its effective results.
Equipment Safety ; Equipment and Supplies, Hospital ; standards ; Hospital Information Systems ; Humans ; Maintenance ; Marketing of Health Services ; methods ; Materials Management, Hospital ; organization & administration ; Quality Assurance, Health Care ; standards ; Quality Control ; Total Quality Management