HitachiSoft Introduces Medical ASP Service; Improves Medical Care and Enhances Efficiency of Hospital Management.Tokyo, Japan, Feb 6, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. (HitachiSoft, TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : 9694) has announced the launch of a medical ASP service(*1) for health care facilities aimed at improving the quality of medical care and enhancing the efficiency of hospital management. The new service, available from February 1, will initially provide pharmaceutical product information to healthcare facilities via an ASP utilizing a comprehensive database of new generation pharmaceutical products created by Yuyama Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (President: Hiroyuki Yuyama, Head Office: Toyonaka, Osaka Toyonaka (豊中市 Toyonaka-shi ). The service provides information on more than 28,000 of the latest pharmaceutical products, raising the quality and efficiency of the work of medical practitioners and pharmacists through an extensive range of functions such as package insert package insert Pharmacology A synopsis of key physicochemical, pharmacologic, clinical efficacy, and clinical safety properties of a prescription drug, bundled therewith, intended to be highly readable and helpful to clinicians looking for specific search, drug interaction check, and disease name-related checks. Further, it is anticipated that the service will result in improved patient services, since it is possible to search generic drugs(*2) for patients wishing to obtain such products. Customers can begin utilizing the service immediately if they have an Internet connection environment and a PC by simply paying a monthly fee, with no initial monetary investment required. SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. (Secure Socket Layer) communications enable the service to be accessed securely via a mobile PC even when away from the workplace or visiting patients at home. The service is available to clinics, general practitioners, and other healthcare professionals, on either a single-user (monthly fee inclusive of inclusive of prep. Taking into consideration or account; including. tax: 10,395 yen) or multiple-user basis. The ASP-based service also allows the user to switch client and server type applications to a centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. ASP model easily and inexpensively, thus facilitating the introduction of the medical ASP service through cooperation with providers of medical information services See Information Systems. . ASP-based Service Advantages 1) Enables transition to ASP services to be achieved at minimal cost. 2) Easy service and maintenance of server and PC environment, since application operates through server installed in data center. 3) Reduced risk of information leakage Information leakage happens whenever a system that is designed to be closed to an eavesdropper reveals some information to unauthorized parties nonetheless. For example, when designing an encrypted instant messaging network, a network engineer without the capacity to crack your , since all important application data stored in server. In the future, collaboration is planned with Vantage Consulting Inc. (Representative Director: Makoto Narumo, Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo) that will utilize this ASP-based service in order to expand successive service categories to include, for example, medical consultation reservations, accounting systems, and itemized statement systems. HitachiSoft anticipates the granting of 100 licenses for this service by the end of fiscal year 2006. Features of the Comprehensive Database of New Generation Pharmaceutical Products The comprehensive database of new generation pharmaceutical products contains a vast amount of data, offering generic drug search function and check functions that also serve to support diagnosis and treatment. Databases Included - Interaction database - Food and drink interaction database - Attached document database - Summary instructions for use database - Tablet differentiation database - Disease name contraindication contraindication /con·tra·in·di·ca·tion/ (-in?di-ka´shun) any condition which renders a particular line of treatment improper or undesirable. con·tra·in·di·ca·tion n. database - OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). drug interaction database - Usual dosage database - Summary attached document database - Pharmaceutical product image database - Injected medicine incompatibility The inability of a Husband and Wife to cohabit in a marital relationship. incompatibility n. the state of a marriage in which the spouses no longer have the mutual desire to live together and/or stay married, and is thus a ground for divorce database - Adverse reaction database - Long-term administration database - Pregnant and lactating lac·tate 1 intr.v. lac·tat·ed, lac·tat·ing, lac·tates To secrete or produce milk. [Latin lact women database - Instructions for use database - Calorie/ion equivalence database - Indications database - Adverse reaction symptoms database Research Functions
Interaction From drug group selected, checks combination
that produces interaction
Similar From drug group selected, checks similar groups
medicinal by number of digits of specified valid YJ code
properties
Long-term From drug group selected, checks whether possible
administration to administer for specified number of days
Usual dosage Checks appropriateness of administering selected drug
and dosage
Incompatibility From drug group selected, checks combination that
produces change upon mixing, and displays information
on change as time series data
Disease name Checks combination of indications and contraindications
with specified drug group and disease name group
The cost is 9,900 yen per month, or 10,395 yen including tax, per user. For further information and a description of the HitachiSoft medical ASP service, please visit http://hitachisoft.jp/products/iryo/index.html *1. ASP is an abbreviation abbreviation, in writing, arbitrary shortening of a word, usually by cutting off letters from the end, as in U.S. and Gen. (General). Contraction serves the same purpose but is understood strictly to be the shortening of a word by cutting out letters in the middle, for Application Service Provider, a service that provides application programs through an Internet connection. *2. After the license for drugs first sold in Japan (new drugs), known as "originator drugs", has expired, drugs known as "generic drugs" may be sold after being approved by the MHLW MHLW Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (Japan; formerly Ministry of Health and Welfare, MHW) MHLW Mean High Low Water (tide level) . These have the same active ingredients and the same effects as new or originator drugs, but are cheaper. * The official name of HitachiSoft is Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. * All other company or product names are referred to by the company brand name or registered trademark. About HitachiSoft Hitachi Software Engineering Co. Ltd. was established in 1970 as the first software development company in the Hitachi Group Hitachi Group (Hitachi Gurupu) is a group of companies that uses the Hitachi name, which includes Hitachi Ltd. Hitachi Heavy Industries, etc. See also
Source: HitachiSoft Contact: Mr. Toru Takehashi Ms. Miki Takano Corporate Communications, Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. Tel: +81-3-5780-6450 Fax: +81-3-5780-6455 e-mail: press@hitachisoft.jp Copyright [c] 2006 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
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