Wisdom of medical analysis of IBM medical information sharing technology

12 March, IBM announced that it will create a set of Guangdong provincial hospital new medical information sharing and analysis system, traditional Chinese and modern Western medicine.

The CHAS (medical and health records, analysis and sharing) system is designed to help achieve clinical data included and Western electronic medical record information sharing.

Because of the medicine in theory, diagnosis and treatment on a big difference, IBM has overcome the many technical challenges to help in the various departments of the hospital yuanbu and complex medical data between integration and information sharing.

The core of this solution is based on standardized clinical information model, it can in the various departments of the hospital between efficient information sharing, and eventually also with the hospital outside other medical institutions for information sharing.

CHAS by clinical Chinese and Western all kinds of information integration into a standardized, computable model, making it possible to use advanced data analysis techniques, thus contributing to the medical staff provides a method that can be tailored to specific diseases and patients, have gained a deeper understanding of the different methods according to traditional Chinese and Western medical plan and technology which is optimal.

Ultimately, the integration of information also helps medical personnel for the development of fusion of Western treatment plan.

CHAS is IBM's latest innovations, help in the world for more intelligent, interconnect, based on open standards of the medical information system.

IBM in the United States to Institute scientists in close collaboration with the design and implementation of the system, the system incorporates IBM advanced semantic technologies. This semantic technology can cause the system to understand and analyze specific clinical records the exact meaning of the content, CHAS also can handle different kinds of language used, the medical records of all information, regardless of format, terminology, or language that can be processed into a standardized documentation. This will allow hospitals, end and hospital external medical institutions information sharing easier.

China National Ministry of health select Guangdong provincial hospital as national key Chinese medical and scientific bases.

Founded in 1933 by Guangdong provincial hospital in Western medicine is recognized as a leader, is a blend of medical services, scientific research and teaching as one of the institutions. As southern China's largest hospitals, medical patients every day for more than 1 million people, approximately 400 000 patients admitted.

Guangdong provincial hospital, Mr. Lu Yu said: "our hospitals have long-term tradition of excellence, not only in medical side, in terms of scientific research and teaching.

We are committed to maintaining high standards, IBM CHAS technology help us do this, while IBM clinical information integration technology helps hospital information system from the non-convergence of applications into a consolidated, patient-centric system. ”

Throughout Guangdong provincial hospital system, CHAS: patient-centered health information management and sharing system, provides an open, standards-based, interoperable electronic medical record solution; contribute to the standardization of medical records, greatly facilitate medical analysis, medical research and clinical quality control to provide data base; can help implement a cross-sectoral and cross-regional medical patient record sharing between agencies, improving the efficiency of medical services; for medical information industry achieve internationally recognized standards reduce technical threshold.

IBM greater China Group Chief Technology Officer and head of IBM China research lab, Dr. Li Shi Gong said: "in the digital age, the individual hospital found that manage and share information is becoming more and more difficult, simply because more than ever, generated more data.

We create and implement these innovative technologies that will make medical systems smarter, more efficient, more accessible and more affordable. ”

Since CHAS is built on open, internationally accepted standards of technology, this system is also able to expand the use of electronic medical records, supporting clinical information in depth analysis, helps to promote global health sector at the forefront of research and innovation.

In late 2007, IBM announced its cooperation with the Chinese Ministry of health, through a system based on open standards and information sharing technology platform, enhancing regional medical services quality.

China hopes to promote in all hospital electronic medical records and medical data analysis, to alleviate the burden on patients, decide who should receive priority treatment and more efficient use of resources. For example, the daily inspection and easy treatment available in community hospitals, while more complex health problems and treatment may be recommended to see a specialist. CHAS would also help to support and promote the implementation of the plan, and has the potential to push the country's medical system reform forward.

The State Council has recently adopted a national health care reform programmes, including the 2011 will spend $ 8500, on all Chinese people provide general medical services.

In the United States has had a similar plan, the Obama administration plan in 5 years on medical information technology investment of us $ 20 billion, for national computerization of medical records.

IBM through scientific research and cooperation with the medical institutions to improve the medical records, dating back to the 1950s.

In the last 10 years, IBM and the United States together with the University of Pennsylvania has developed a nationwide digital breast x-rays archives system; and Mayo hospital jointly developed clinical trial participants system; and Scripps cooperative research influenza virus is how variability and proactively develop treatment method; and European universities to develop better treatment for AIDS; create a "world community grid", cancer, AIDS, dengue fever and other diseases.