Information Construction Status of Public Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)Hospitals
Objective To understand the current situation of informatization construction of public TCM hospitals in China,and to provide reference for promoting the informatization construction of TCM hospitals and helping the digital transformation of TCM hospitals.Methods Based on the 2023 survey data on the development level of public TCM informatization by the Monitoring and Statistical Research Center.The current situation of informatization management,informatization construction,informatization service level,informatization innovation ability,informatization input sources and network security construction of public TCM hospitals was understood by using descriptive statistics,chi-square test and multiple response analysis combined with cross-table chi-square test.Results The hospitals involved in the survey have set up full-time information departments,accounting for 91.84%.The level 1 and level 2 levels accounted for the highest proportion of the evaluation results of the standardized maturity of hospital interconnection at all levels,and the application level of electronic medical record system was concentrated in level 3 and level 4.The information standard with the highest adoption rate is ICD10.The average construction rate of 12 basic information systems is more than 80.00%,but the construction rate of TCM characteristic information system is generally low.The capital source of informatization construction is mainly self-financing.The overall completion of the work of network information security is good.Conclusion Public TCM hospitals gradually improve the construction of basic business application information system and Huimin service function.However,there are still some problems,such as the large gap in the level of informatization between different levels of regions,the incomplete construction of information system functions,the lack of outstanding characteristics of TCM,and the low degree of connectivity and sharing.It is necessary to drive innovation and development with application orientation,deeply integrate the business of TCM hospitals with information technology,further promote data standards and connectivity and sharing,and fully tap the value of TCM data.