KDCA and National Medical Center Join Forces to Utilize Trauma and Emergency Medical Data

Linking and Utilizing National Trauma Research Data and NEDIS

Strengthening Joint Research and Collaboration for Statistical Development

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) and the National Medical Center announced on August 27 that the two organizations had signed a business agreement at the KDCA office in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province. The goal of the agreement is to expand the integration and utilization of trauma and emergency medical data produced and held by both agencies, and to strengthen the foundation for evidence-based policy development.

This business agreement aims to make more comprehensive use of the National Emergency Department Information System (NEDIS), which contains broad emergency care information, together with the in-depth trauma investigation data from the KDCA. By doing so, the agencies seek to better understand the current state of trauma and emergency medicine, and to enhance the foundational evidence and collaborative framework for related policy and joint research.

Under this agreement, the organizations will cooperate in several areas: ▲ providing and sharing data between agencies to build an integrated trauma and emergency medical dataset ▲ collaborating on the production, management, and service of trauma, health hazard, and emergency medical statistics ▲ conducting joint research to develop national comprehensive emergency medical statistics and national comprehensive trauma statistics.

By utilizing each agency’s respective survey and information systems, the institutions plan to establish a foundation for comprehensive analysis of patient incidence characteristics and the process of emergency care and treatment for trauma patients. This information will then be used in developing national trauma prevention and emergency medical policies, as well as for the development of related statistics.

Seo Giljun, President of the National Medical Center, stated, "By linking and utilizing the National Emergency Department Information System (NEDIS) with the KDCA’s trauma investigation data, we will be able to more broadly understand the characteristics of trauma patients and the clinical care process that occurs in the emergency medical field. We will actively cooperate to advance national comprehensive emergency medical statistics and to strengthen the evidence that can be applied to emergency medical policy and the field, based on the expertise and data of both organizations."

Im Seungkwan, Commissioner of the KDCA, commented, "This agreement is significant because it establishes a foundation for linking and utilizing the KDCA’s in-depth trauma research data with the emergency care information from the National Emergency Department Information System. We will build step-by-step data spanning from trauma occurrence to emergency care and treatment, thereby reinforcing evidence-based trauma prevention policies and making greater efforts to protect the lives and safety of the public."

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