Current Status of Glaucoma-related Data Management and Efforts toward Data Standardization.

Abstract

Purpose: Ｗe conducted a survey to evaluate the current status of glaucoma-related medical data management and standardization, aiming to improve the development of glaucoma care and research in Japan. Materials and methods: The survey was performed as a paper-based questionnaire of 14 universities that both participate in the glaucoma-related data standardization committee, established by the Japan Glaucoma Society in 2014, and actively perform glaucoma care. Results: All enrolled university hospitals installed an electronic hospital information system and used any of three ophthalmology-limited electronic chart systems. However, only 30.8% of the hospitals established a data extraction system from an electronic medical chart system, and only 14.3% could practically apply medical data for secondary research purposes. In all, 35.7% of the hospitals operate a medical cooperation system with local medical institutions and 42.9% electronically managed medical data inside their departments. Conclusion: This survey clarified the current state of medical data management and standardization.