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Disaster Medical Informatics Lab (International Research Institute of Disaster Science)
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This lab builds medical information systems that are useful during disasters.
AboutAbout the lab
Aiming for practical disaster medical informatics
The Disaster Medical Informatics lab studies medical information systems that are useful in times of disaster.
The lab builds the systems needed at each stage of a disaster, and also works on backing up medical information and making use of the data.
The lab considers information technology a means rather than an end, and also values integrating it with, and improving, what is in use today, such as paper.
The lab belongs to the Disaster Medical Science Division of the International Research Institute of Disaster Science.
Key terms
- Triage
- The process of deciding the order of treatment and transport according to each patient's condition when a disaster or similar event produces many patients.
- SS-MIX
- A standard format for storing hospital medical information. There are projects that take backups in this format.
- Electronic health record
- A system that manages patients' clinical records on a computer instead of on paper.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to develop information systems that support medical care during disasters in a form that is truly useful in practice. It works on system development for disasters, backup of medical information, improvement of day-to-day operations, and the creation of guidelines.
*Illustrative imageMedical information systems for use in disasters
The lab builds the systems needed at each stage of a disaster. Targets include developing information infrastructure, collecting triage information, diagnostic support tools, managing the movement of patients and staff, and logistics support. Because digitalization is a means, the lab also emphasizes integrating with, and improving, current methods such as paper.
*Illustrative imageBackup and use of medical information
The lab cooperates with and contributes to medical information backup projects and cloud migration that use the standardized storage format (SS-MIX). It makes realistic proposals on storing medical information from hospital information systems and regional healthcare collaboration systems, and on using that data.
*Illustrative imageImproving routine operations such as electronic health records
Improving routine in-hospital operations such as electronic health records increases the amount of data available during disasters. The lab develops user-friendly systems for Tohoku University Hospital and its affiliated hospitals in cooperation with each vendor.
*Illustrative imageDeveloping protocols and guidelines
The lab has learned a great deal from past disasters, including the Great East Japan Earthquake. Because digitalization in medical informatics is advancing rapidly and responses are expected to change from day to day, the lab strives to formulate practical guidelines that anticipate a variety of situations.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorSusumu Fujii
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “FEMA - 42081 - Disaster Medical Assistance Team member in American Samoa” Casey Deshong / Public domain (cropped)
- Medical information systems for use in disasters: “Cold Zone Triage 160615-Z-DV153-029” Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Call / Public domain (cropped)
- Backup and use of medical information: “CERN Server 03” Florian Hirzinger - www.fh-ap.com / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Improving routine operations such as electronic health records: “Portable Information station, nurse, computer, hand wipes, 9th floor, Virginia Mason Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA ( )” Wonderlane from Seattle, USA / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Developing protocols and guidelines: “2023 Turkey Earthquake Damage Diyarbakir” VOA / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Medical Informatics Lab): “Electronic Health Records flow chart” uploaded by Library 046 at en.wikipedia / Public domain (cropped)
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