TY - JOUR
T1 - Legal Medicine Information System using CDISC ODM
AU - Kiuchi, Takahiro
AU - Yoshida, Ken ichi
AU - Kotani, Hirokazu
AU - Tamaki, Keiji
AU - Nagai, Hisashi
AU - Harada, Kazuki
AU - Ishikawa, Hirono
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a Grant-in-aid for exploratory research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, and the UMIN center. A test version of this system is available; please refer to “ http://www.umin.ac.jp/lmisc/ ” for the details.
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - We have developed a new database system for forensic autopsies, called the Legal Medicine Information System, using the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Operational Data Model (ODM). This system comprises two subsystems, namely the Institutional Database System (IDS) located in each institute and containing personal information, and the Central Anonymous Database System (CADS) located in the University Hospital Medical Information Network Center containing only anonymous information. CDISC ODM is used as the data transfer protocol between the two subsystems. Using the IDS, forensic pathologists and other staff can register and search for institutional autopsy information, print death certificates, and extract data for statistical analysis. They can also submit anonymous autopsy information to the CADS semi-automatically. This reduces the burden of double data entry, the time-lag of central data collection, and anxiety regarding legal and ethical issues. Using the CADS, various studies on the causes of death can be conducted quickly and easily, and the results can be used to prevent similar accidents, diseases, and abuse.
AB - We have developed a new database system for forensic autopsies, called the Legal Medicine Information System, using the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Operational Data Model (ODM). This system comprises two subsystems, namely the Institutional Database System (IDS) located in each institute and containing personal information, and the Central Anonymous Database System (CADS) located in the University Hospital Medical Information Network Center containing only anonymous information. CDISC ODM is used as the data transfer protocol between the two subsystems. Using the IDS, forensic pathologists and other staff can register and search for institutional autopsy information, print death certificates, and extract data for statistical analysis. They can also submit anonymous autopsy information to the CADS semi-automatically. This reduces the burden of double data entry, the time-lag of central data collection, and anxiety regarding legal and ethical issues. Using the CADS, various studies on the causes of death can be conducted quickly and easily, and the results can be used to prevent similar accidents, diseases, and abuse.
KW - Accident prevention
KW - CDISC ODM
KW - Database
KW - Forensic autopsy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.legalmed.2013.08.003
DO - 10.1016/j.legalmed.2013.08.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 24060460
AN - SCOPUS:84886385278
SN - 1344-6223
VL - 15
SP - 332
EP - 334
JO - Legal Medicine
JF - Legal Medicine
IS - 6
ER -