Abstract
Objectives: To report our experience in using an electronic database for management of breast diseases in a developing country. Materials and methods: E-Breast is a database developed on FileMaker Pro Advanced to serve as patient file and breast diseases registry. The development of the platform, its usage and advantages on a manual filing system are described. Results: For 6 years, we use this database, which accounts more than 2000 patients and includes data from more than 10 years. An overview of the activity is easily generated by E-Breast. The generated reports are used to the routine care of patients, statistics and clinical research. Data entered are immediately useful in addition to simultaneously implement the database for clinical research. Many custom features are integrated. For research purposes, the system has the ability to perform detailed analyses on subsets defined by the user as breast cancer, breast benign diseases, etc. Conclusion: E-Breast has proven to be a useful way of documentation that has become an integral and essential part of the daily activity and also a valuable research tool.
Highlights
Medical information needed for clinical decision-making has increased
Materials and methods: E-Breast is a database developed on FileMaker Pro Advanced to serve as patient file and breast diseases registry
The system has the ability to perform detailed analyses on subsets defined by the user as breast cancer, breast benign diseases, etc
Summary
Medical information needed for clinical decision-making has increased. To increase the accessibility and management of medical information, the use of informatics tools has been promoted [3]. If the computerization of medical records is growing trend in Western countries, it is lagging behind in our regions; chronologically, decades separate us. Several medical data management systems are commercially available; their relatively high cost has led us to develop a customized database for monitoring clinical activity of a Breast Unit: E-Breast, a program created with FileMaker Pro Advanced Inc. This study reports our experience in the use of this platform from 2010 to 2015 by giving examples of its remarkable potential for the analysis of clinical data
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