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Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 6:252-258 (1999)
© 1999 American Medical Informatics Association

Case Report

Great Earthquakes and Medical Information Systems, with Special Reference to Telecommunications

Masaki Miyamoto, MD, PhD, Masao Sako, MD, PhD, Michio Kimura, MD, PhD, Tsuyoshi Kanno, MD, PhD, Michitoshi Inoue, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Takeda, MD, PhD, Takashi Takahashi, PhD, Hiroshi Inada, PhD, Kotarou Minato, PhD, Norio Hashimoto, PhD, Tetsuo Kawamura, PhD, Michio Naito, PhD, Toshio Hattori, PhD, Kazuo Nakazawa, PhD and Masayuki Irie, PhD

Kobe University Hospital (MM, MS), Kobe, Japan; Hamamatsu Medical University Hospital (MK, Tkan), Hamamatsu, Japan; National Osaka Hospital (MIn) and Osaka University Hospital (HT), Osaka, Japan; Kyoto University Hospital (TT), Kyoto, Japan; National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute (KM, KN), Suita, Japan; Nara Institute of Science and Technology (KM), Ikoma, Japan; Hannan Chuo Hospital (NH), Matsuhara, Japan; Suzuka University of Medical Science and Technology (TKaw), Suzuka, Japan; Osaka Police Hospital (MN), Osaka Adult Diseases Center (TH), and Osaka Kosei-Nenkin Hospital (MIr), Osaka, Japan.

Correspondence and reprints: Masaki Miyamoto, MD, PhD, Department of Medical Information, Kobe University Hospital, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-Cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe-city, 650-0017 Japan. e-mail: <miyamoto{at}med.kobe-u.ac.jp>

The Hanshin-Awaji earthquake in January 1995 caused the greatest number of deaths and injuries in Japan since World War II. Various weaknesses of modern information systems were exposed during and after the earthquake.

The authors carried out a questionnaire survey to investigate the current state of hospital information and to examine the kinds of information needed immediately after an earthquake. The survey results show that information about the ability to admit new patients and the availability of medical supplies is necessary immediately after such a disaster. These results will be useful for planning countermeasures against this kind of disaster.






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