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Contribution of Electronic Medical Records to the Management of Rare Diseases
Joint Authors
Bremond-Gignac, Dominique
Lewandowski, Elisabeth
Copin, Henri
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-10-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Purpose.
Electronic health record systems provide great opportunity to study most diseases.
Objective of this study was to determine whether electronic medical records (EMR) in ophthalmology contribute to management of rare eye diseases, isolated or in syndromes.
Study was designed to identify and collect patients’ data with ophthalmology-specific EMR.
Methods.
Ophthalmology-specific EMR software (Softalmo software Corilus) was used to acquire ophthalmological ocular consultation data from patients with five rare eye diseases.
The rare eye diseases and data were selected and collected regarding expertise of eye center.
Results.
A total of 135,206 outpatient consultations were performed between 2011 and 2014 in our medical center specialized in rare eye diseases.
The search software identified 29 congenital aniridia, 6 Axenfeld/Rieger syndrome, 11 BEPS, 3 Nanophthalmos, and 3 Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome.
Discussion.
EMR provides advantages for medical care.
The use of ophthalmology-specific EMR is reliable and can contribute to a comprehensive ocular visual phenotype useful for clinical research.
Conclusion.
Routinely EMR acquired with specific software dedicated to ophthalmology provides sufficient detail for rare diseases.
These software-collected data appear useful for creating patient cohorts and recording ocular examination, avoiding the time-consuming analysis of paper records and investigation, in a University Hospital linked to a National Reference Rare Center Disease.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bremond-Gignac, Dominique& Lewandowski, Elisabeth& Copin, Henri. 2015. Contribution of Electronic Medical Records to the Management of Rare Diseases. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1057367
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bremond-Gignac, Dominique…[et al.]. Contribution of Electronic Medical Records to the Management of Rare Diseases. BioMed Research International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1057367
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bremond-Gignac, Dominique& Lewandowski, Elisabeth& Copin, Henri. Contribution of Electronic Medical Records to the Management of Rare Diseases. BioMed Research International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1057367
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1057367