Clinical application of IS & C system in the National Cancer Center Hospital

The National Cancer Center, Japan, has two hospitals at present, and these two hospitals are in the process of sharing their respective split clinical functions. On the other hand, patients may visit one or both hospitals, in many cases depending on their need and convenience, for which both hospitals should maintain the same clinical level to comply with the needs of the patients by a common access to the individual medical data and information. Therefore, the possibility of transmitting such medical information between the two hospitals using the IS & C system has been studied, and such a system has almost been completed for the transmission of endoscopic images. No problems exist in terms of interchangeability; however, it is necessary to integrate it with the hospital information system to avoid a complicated keyboard process before practical endoscopic examination.