New Corona New system in the country Data entry of medical institutions is about 40% September 28, 4:41
According to a survey by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, only about 40% of medical institutions actually enter data in a new system in the country that aggregates information on people infected with the new coronavirus.
"HER-SYS" is a system that aggregates information on people infected with the new coronavirus, which the government has been introducing since May, and has been introduced at health centers and medical institutions that conduct tests nationwide. It has been.
Previously, the health center received a fax notification from the medical institution that made the diagnosis and entered the data, but in "HER-SYS", in order to reduce the burden on the health center, the country requires the medical institution to enter the data directly. Asked.
However, as a result of a questionnaire conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare from the 24th of last month to the 2nd of this month, it was found that only 41% of the 318 medical institutions that responded entered the data.
As for the reason why they did not enter it, many said that they did not feel inconvenienced in the paper notification, and some pointed out the large number of input items and the complexity.
In addition, in a questionnaire to local governments with health centers, 60% of the 113 local governments that responded answered that "almost all data is entered instead of medical institutions", and the burden is not reduced at many health centers. Became clear.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will hold a meeting of experts on the 28th based on the results of the questionnaire to consider improvement measures.