Digital Medical Path at the UCLA Medical Center
Release date: 2015-09-21 The UCLA Medical Center was founded in 1955. In 2008, when the new hospital building was fully operational, it was renamed Ronald Reagan University of California Los Angeles Medical Center (hereinafter referred to as the UCLA Medical Center). Since 1990, the hospital has been ranked in the top five on the list of “Best Hospitals in America†by US News & World Report for 26 consecutive years, and its medical level is unquestionable. One of the mysteries of the UCLA Medical Center to maintain top medical standards for so many years is that it keeps pace with the medical industry. Digital medical care is one of the hot spots in the medical industry today. The UCLA Medical Center will naturally not be left behind. Let's take a look at what the hospital does in the digital healthcare industry. The world's first hospital to introduce telemedicine robots The UCLA Medical Center has been instrumental in the introduction of emerging technologies, such as the world's first hospital to introduce telemedicine robots. The robot can monitor patients in place of a doctor. With the help of the robot's own camera and accompanying video software, the patient and his or her family can connect to the doctor's computer through the robot when needed, then open the video and consult the doctor face to face. The UCLA Medical Center is also very hard on teaching and talent development. In order to ensure that doctors can maintain a high degree of concentration, traditional surgery is carried out in a closed environment. However, with the advancement of information technology, it has been possible to ensure that doctors can transmit the whole process of surgery to the outside world without interference. Therefore, if the surgery of the world's top doctors is placed in a closed environment, it is undoubtedly a waste of high-quality teaching resources for young doctors to observe and study. The leaders of the UCLA Medical Center took this into account when planning to build a new building in 1994, specifically for the operating room of the new building with a live surgical system. Through the continuous upgrading of technology, anyone can now access the entire process of surgery at the UCLA Medical Center from anywhere through the system. In addition to developing and introducing telemedicine technology on its own, the UCLA Medical Center also uses the Group's strengths to develop telemedicine. In the 1960s, the UCLA Medical Center gradually formed an alliance with other hospitals under the UCLA to form the "UCCA Health" (ULCA Health). In order to allow more people to enjoy the quality medical resources in the alliance, ULCA Health has long attached great importance to the development of telemedicine. Up to now, ULCA Health has a relatively complete telemedicine service system, and there are three main categories of telemedicine services available: Remote diagnosis and treatment : Provide online consultation, diagnosis and treatment services for doctors and patients in other hospitals through video, cloud services and other technologies. Remote consultation : The clearer the patient understands their condition, the easier it is for the patient to return to health. This is the philosophy that ULCA Health has always maintained. Because of this philosophy, ULCA Health has decided to provide online counseling services to patients around the world to help patients understand their physical condition. For those who want to go to a hospital in ULCA Health for treatment, they have been treated in an excellent hospital in the league from the moment they receive a remote consultation at home. Remote pathology diagnosis: With its own diagnostic equipment and technology, ULCA Health began to envision remote pathology diagnosis services for other hospitals in 2010. Since the launch of the service in early 2011, ULCA Health has provided this service to approximately 900 organizations. It is worth mentioning that ULCA Health has successfully entered the Chinese medical market with this service. In 2014, ULCA Health cooperated with China Testing and Testing Technology Co., Ltd. (CTI) to open Shanghai Huayi Epp Medical Laboratory in Shanghai North High-tech Zone. In 2015, it cooperated with Zhengzhou Sixth People's Hospital to open Zhengzhou City. International teleconsultation center. In addition to the above two institutions, there are also some Chinese hospitals that have been working with ULCA Health since its inception. These hospitals include the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang and the Beijing Cancer Hospital. Create a boutique app In terms of app development, the UCLA Medical Center also leverages the Group's strengths, contributes its expertise within ULCA Health, and works with other organizations in the Alliance to create boutique apps. For example, in the field of cardiology, the UCLA Medical Center has been in the top 10 in the United States. And as of 2014, it has been awarded the "Heart Failure Treatment Gold + Achievement Award" by the American Heart Association for six consecutive years. One of the three medical apps that ULCA Health is currently promoting is called Heart Failure Risk Score, which is used to measure the heart failure index. It can be inferred that when the CACA developed the app, the UCLA Medical Center provided a lot of medical data. (The figure below is the operation interface of Heart Failure Risk Score). Integrate genetic information into electronic medical records The UCLA Medical Center has long used electronic medical records in Centricity, a hospital information system shared by ULCA Health. However, the electronic medical record in this system is used in conjunction with the paper medical record, so it does not contain all the medical information of the patient. This limits the communication of patient medical information in various hospitals to a certain extent. On March 1, 2013, ULCA Health began to implement the new hospital information system CareConnect. Under the CareConnect system, the UCLA Medical Center digitizes all patient medical information and then archives it into an electronic medical record. These electronic medical records are freely communicated in ULCA Health and other hospitals. In addition to digitizing all of the patient's medical information into electronic medical records, ULCA Health also considers adding genetic information to the electronic medical records to assist physicians. According to the news in May this year, ULCA Health has cooperated with the emerging gene sequencing company ActX and will soon conduct an experiment. In this experiment, ULCA Health will add genetic information to the electronic medical records within the system. It is envisaged that the doctor can use this genetic information to understand the patient's allergy, tolerance, etc., so as to develop the best treatment for the patient. Portal myULCAHealth Like CareConnect, ULCA Health's portal, myULCAHealth, was officially launched in the summer of 2013 as part of ULCA Health's entry into the digital management program. The portal is powerful and can bring great convenience to patients at ULCA Health. Here is a brief introduction to some of myULCAHealth's features: A patient's own medical record management platform: ULCA Health patients can view the medical records stored in CareConnect through myULCAHealth, and can share their medical records with other doctors, and can also give permission to friends and relatives to browse these medical records. B Patient management platform: ULCA Health patients can not only find out through myULCAHealth, make appointments with doctors in ULCA Health, but also re-request prescriptions and pay for medical expenses. Information security With the development of the digital medical industry, telemedicine, electronic medical records and other products are more and more convenient for patients, but due to the negligence of information security, the privacy of patients has become more and more vulnerable. Recently, ULCA Health issued a statement that its information security has been compromised. In the statement, ULCA Health confirmed that its network was hacked, including four hospitals including the UCLA Medical Center, and the electronic medical records of about 4.5 million patients were affected. It is possible for a hacker to obtain personal information about a patient's personal information, such as name, home address, and social security number. Fortunately, however, ULCA Health has handled it in a timely manner, and there has been no news that patients have suffered economic losses. Now ULCA Health has increased its information security construction, not only increasing the number of employees in its own information security department, but also inviting third-party information security companies to provide free one-year information security monitoring services for affected patients. Although the incident of impaired privacy and privacy of patients has been properly handled, it has also alarmed ULCA Health and the entire digital medical industry. Information security should be an important consideration for organizations to develop digital medical technology. From the process of developing digital healthcare from the UCLA Medical Center, we can see that it is worth learning to play the advantages of the group, and neglecting information security is a lesson to be learned. That is to say, in the digital medical industry, it is one of the important ways to obtain industry leading position by leveraging its own advantages and cooperation with other institutions. In the development of digital medical products, information security technology should pay sufficient attention. Source: Arterial Network Time Attendance,Time Attendance Software,Face Recognition Attendance,Card Recognition Time Attendance Shenzhen BIO Technology Co.,Ltd. , https://www.hfsecuritytech.com