The unification of ehr systems in korea for a better control of outbreaks of infectious disease

• In: Poster presentation
• At: Seoul (South Korea) (2017)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-SAPS-029
• By: KANG, Kyong Hye (Ewha Womans University, Department of Pharmacy, Korea, Republic Of)
• Co-author(s): Kyong Hye Kang:
  Surin Kim: Department of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, Republic Of
  Gina Ryu: Department of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, Republic Of
  Jin Hyeon Park: Department of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, Republic Of
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  In 2015, an outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome, MERS occurred in Korea. It was first identified in a patient from Saudi Arabia, which then was spread to 186 cases, with a death toll of 36. The lack of interoperability between the Electronic Health Record, EHR systems of hospitals was the major problem to the spread of MERS.

  Purpo..

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