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Web Data Collection
Web Based Data Collection is a popular concept.
The
advantage is that data can be input from anywhere,
But there are
distinct disadvantages:
- Security is always of great concern. Demographic Data,
Patient Data and Physician Data
including diagnosis and treatment, need to be integrated in
order to provide meaningful
Outcomes data.
- This requires identifiers to be located on a central server so that
appropriate connections can
be made between the data sets. Patients and Physicians are both
reluctant to do so because of security concerns. In addition, maintaining a secure Web Server
and database is expensive.
- Data input from the Web is expensive and cumbersome for offices, because connections to local databases which
could be integrated to afford seamless integration,
are ignored. This allows for centralized data collection in a uniform format, but ignores the
office costs and
complexity of practical data collection locally.
- It is much more difficult to integrate automated Form Navigation so
patients can be directed to the proper Form based upon prior surgery and date of return visit,
or addition of new site or side. This means greater expense for office personnel, and likely less
routine data collection.
- Completed integrated data is stored only centrally. Local
participants (physicians or researchers) have no access to their own data, except via reporting sent from a central
site.
The Ekiosk© Solution:
- Patient and Physician identifiers are stored only
locally for Patient and Physician security.
- This allows Local Electronic Medical Records, Billing, and Xray
databases to be seamlessly integrated, providing tremendous cost
savings with Database Integration.
- Local Form Navigation to appropriate questionnaire both at
initial visit, and
upon return visit are automatic based upon side, site, and date from
last visit and call back interval.
- Pay for Performance (P4P) data may be
locally collected in this way for Validated Outcomes Measures or
Evidence Based Medicine.
- Data locally is stripped of all patient and physician identifiers, and
then sent with only unique numerical identifiers to a central site where
analysis can be performed.
- Local data analysis may be performed by Physicians or
Researchers independently, and compared to Centralized data.
- Educational and customized content may be added easily on a
local level, to fit the needs of the individual practice,
independent of data collection.
- This allows us to use the "Best of the Web" for local
data collection in a secure and versatile fashion, combined with
multiple site integration via automated secure data transfer.
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