Description
| Product ID: | 9789811663758 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs for Data Scientists and Innovators |
| Title: | Epidemiologic Research on Real-World Medical Data in Japan |
| Subtitle: | Volume 1 |
| Authors: | Author: Naoki Nakashima |
| Page Count: | 93 |
| Subjects: | Age groups: the elderly, Age groups: the elderly, Social research and statistics, Health economics, Business mathematics and systems, Epidemiology and Medical statistics, Geriatric medicine, Social research & statistics, Health economics, Business mathematics & systems, Epidemiology & medical statistics, Geriatric medicine, Japan |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book analyzes the development of medical big data projects in Japan.Japan is experiencing unprecedented population aging, and labor productivity has decreased accordingly. Big data analysis of the Japanese medical real-world database (RWD) has the potential to tackle this issue.To allow readers to gain an understanding of Japanese medical big data analysis, the book discusses the original Japanese system that generates medical RWDs in the hospital medical records system, the nationwide standardized health checkup system, and the public medical insurance system in Japan.After introducing four major big data projects in the healthcare–medical field in Japan, the book explains the importance of creating information standards to maintain data quality and to analyze medical big data. It enables readers to analyze which standards are installed in which RWDs, how the standards are maintained, and which issues are prevalent in Japan.This book also describes the ethical processes involved in big data projects involving medical RWDs in Japan. This book analyzes the development of medical big data projects in Japan. Japan is experiencing unprecedented population aging, and labor productivity has decreased accordingly. Big data analysis of the Japanese medical real-world database (RWD) has the potential to tackle this issue. To allow readers to gain an understanding of Japanese medical big data analysis, the book discusses the original Japanese system that generates medical RWDs in the hospital medical records system, the nationwide standardized health checkup system, and the public medical insurance system in Japan. After introducing four major big data projects in the healthcare-medical field in Japan, the book explains the importance of creating information standards to maintain data quality and to analyze medical big data. It enables readers to analyze which standards are installed in which RWDs, how the standards are maintained, and which issues are prevalent in Japan. This book also describes the ethical processes involved in big data projects involving medical RWDs in Japan. |
| Imprint Name: | Springer Verlag, Singapore |
| Publisher Name: | Springer Verlag, Singapore |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-06-12 |
