University hospitals in Japan push to share patient data
22-Aug-17, Nikkei Asian Review
A group of Japanese universities in partnership with the government plan to establish an information bank to share medical data among hospitals, a system seen saving costs and time by eliminating redundant tests and simplifying communication.
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Public and private institutions have been working on information banks for various fields since Japan passed new personal data legislation in Dec-16. The medical version will be established by the Jikei University School of Medicine, Osaka City University, the University of Tokushima and 11 others along with 50 hospitals, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication, and the Cabinet Secretariat among others.
Information will be saved on the cloud with patient permission. Testing will run through Mar-19, with plans to collect data from roughly 1,400 people.
Currently in Japan, each hospital manages medical data separately.