Development of a web-based database to manage American College of Emergency Physicians/American Academy of Pediatrics Emergency Information Forms

Acad Emerg Med. 2005 Mar;12(3):257-61. doi: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.01.001.

Abstract

Children with special health care needs require special advanced planning for their unique emergencies. A Web site has been developed to allow secure Internet access to a database of Emergency Information Forms developed using the American College of Emergency Physicians/American Academy of Pediatrics format. The content and organization of the Web site, found at http://www.memscis.org, are described. A tour of the site is available. A set of XML data elements has been defined. Additional disaster preparedness elements have been added to the American College of Emergency Physicians/American Academy of Pediatrics Emergency Information Forms. The organization, security, and relationship of the site to electronic health records are described.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Data Collection / methods
  • Database Management Systems / instrumentation*
  • Emergency Medicine / organization & administration*
  • Forms and Records Control / methods*
  • Forms and Records Control / organization & administration*
  • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
  • Humans
  • Information Services / instrumentation
  • Internet*
  • Medical Records Systems, Computerized / instrumentation
  • Pediatrics / organization & administration*
  • Societies, Medical*
  • United States