학술논문

QuaDoSta - a freely configurable system which facilitates multi-centric data collection for healthcare and medical research
Document Type
article
Source
GMS Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie, Vol 3, Iss 2, p Doc10 (2007)
Subject
computer network management
medical documentation system
network of competence
basic documentation for tumour patients
pharmacovigilance
care research network
Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics
R858-859.7
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Language
German
English
ISSN
1860-9171
Abstract
This article describes QuaDoSta (quality assurance, documentation and statistics), a flexible documentation system as well as a data collection and networking platform for medical facilities. The user can freely define the required documentation masks which are easily expandable and can be adapted to individual requirements without the need for additional programming. To avoid duplication, data transfer interfaces can be configured flexibly to external sources such as patient management systems used in surgeries or hospital information systems. The projects EvaMed (Evaluation Anthroposophical Medicine) and the Network Oncology are two scientific research projects which have been successfully established as nationally active networks on the basis of QuaDoSta. The EvaMed-Network serves as a modern pharmacovigilance project for the documentation of adverse drug events. All prescription data are electronically recorded to assess the relative risk of drugs. The Network Oncology was set up as a documentation system in four hospitals and seven specialist oncology practices where a complete record of all oncological therapies is being carried out to uniform standards on the basis of the ‘basic documentation for tumour patients’ (BDT) developed by the German Cancer Society. The QuaDoSta solution system made it possible to cater for the specific requirements of the presented projects. The following features of the system proved to be highly advantageous: flexible setup of catalogues and user friendly customisation and extensions, complete dissociation of system setup and documentation content, multi-centre networkability, and configurable data transfer interfaces.