Hiroshi Takeda, MD, PhD

Profile:
Department of Medical Informatics,
Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine,
IMIA Vice President

Brief biography: Hiroshi Takeda, MD., PhD
Graduated from Osaka University Medical School (OUMS) in 1971.
Postdoctoral Fellow of the University of Chicago (1977 to 1978).
Senior Specialist for Scientific Affairs, the Ministry of Education of Japan (1983-1985).
Assistant Professor in the Internal Medicine, OUMS (1985-1987).
Associate Professor (1987-1998) in the Department of. Medical Information Science in the hospital (OUMSH).
Professor of the Graduate School of Medicine and the Director of the Department (1998- ).
The director of Center for Healthcare quality management in OUMSH (2001-2007).
Chairman of Safety Management Consortium of the Japanese National University Hospitals (2002- ).
Director of the Nakanoshima Center (The third campus) of Osaka University (2006-)
Member of Board of Directors of Japanese Society for Quality and Safety in Healthcare.
Vice President (2004-2007, 2007-2010) of IMIA.(International Medical Informatics Association), President, Non-Profit Organization; Organization for Community Healthcare Information Network Systems, Member of Board of Directors of Japanese Society for Quality and Safety in Healthcare.
Major research area: Electronic Medical Record, Clinical Data Management System, Regional Healthcare Network, Security and Privacy Issues, Patient safety by Informatics.
E-mail: takeda@hp-info.med.osaka-u.ac.jp

Topic: Medical Risk and quality management through medical informatics

Abstract: The most remarkable gains for patient safety and clinical quality improvement will come from efforts we now start to develop by using knowledge and technology of medical informatics. In this paper, multiple examples of computerized patient records, clinical data warehouse, and web-based applications for medical risk and quality management will be elucidated. Core methodology of the management will build up a system-oriented feed back mechanism such as PDCA (plan-Do-Check-Act) cycles in clinical settings. A practical model in Osaka University Hospital will be also presented.