Development of Organ Transplantation Information System Associated with Hospital Order Communicating System (OCS) and Korean Networking for Organ Sharing (KONOS) / 대한이식학회지

ABSTRACT

A well designed transplant software program with its database is a valuable tool in the management of transplant patients and transplant associated works. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to make the organ transplantation information system associated with Hospital Order Communicating System (OCS) and Korean Networking for Organ Sharing (KONOS) METHODS: We used the Hospital Order Communicating System in Asan Medical Center as a data capture source. Web EDI system was going to be used to connect the Korean Networking for Organ Sharing. RESULTS: Electronic link to Order Communicating System in our hospital can eliminate the necessity of double entry of data and eliminates the manual entry errors while increasing the efficacy of service. Multicentric accessibility to this new software system makes the data entry be easy. This program can capture the necessary data including text, numeric, scanned data at all stages of treatments, from the pretransplant to posttransplant follow-up using data transmission with Order Communicating System. The built-in tools for data analysis and other services can assist the coordinators in performing their daily tasks. Complying with timely reporting demanded by KONOS overburdened the transplant center staff and coordinators. We are already prepared to connect to KONOS reporting system using EDI system, and we are waiting for response of KONOS. CONCLUSION: Even though it was not simple to make the well designed transplant software because it involves several concerns, we were able to make the organ transplant information system linked to OCS successfully. We hope this system can be connected to KONOS in the near future.