TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Great earthquakes and medical information systems, with special reference to telecommunications
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
A1  - Miyamoto, M.
A1  - Sako, M.
A1  - Kimura, Motohiro
A1  - Kanno, Taro
A1  - Inoue, M.
A1  - Takeda, H.
A1  - Takahashi, Toru
A1  - Inada, H.
A1  - Minato, K.
A1  - Hashimoto, N.
A1  - Kawamura, T.
A1  - Naito, Mayumi
A1  - Hattori, T.
A1  - Nakazawa, K.
A1  - Irie, M.
SP  - 252
EP  - 258
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1067-5027
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -