Progresses and challenges in the traditional medicine information system: A systematic review
Context: Traditional medicine information system (TMIS) is a substructure founded on the targeted application of technology. It also serves as a tool supporting the decisions in traditional medicine (TM). However, due to following a different approach in the treatment process, the TM has faced some...
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| author | Razieh Mirzaeian Farahnaz Sadoughi Shahram Tahmasebian Morteza Mojahedi |
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| description | Context: Traditional medicine information system (TMIS) is a substructure founded on the targeted application of technology. It also serves as a tool supporting the decisions in traditional medicine (TM). However, due to following a different approach in the treatment process, the TM has faced some challenges.
Aims: To review the universal progresses and challenges in TMIS.
Methods: This study was conducted using systematic search and review. The resources were retrieved through searching the key words related to the TMIS in the available databases including Science Direct, WOS, ProQuest, PubMed and IEEE. The findings were classified in to two distinct categories of progresses and challenges relating to the TMIS.
Results: As many as 28 studies conducted from 2000 to 2017 were included in this research. The majority of the studies were related to 2010 or after 2010 conducted in China. Progresses identified in this TMIS were categorized into four types including the development of the database, universal standardization of the TM, development of the clinical data warehouse, and application of information technology in the TM. The challenges were classified into four distinct categories, namely the lack of treatment protocols in TM, the necessity of developing a universal unified terminology, the necessity of creating a medical ontologies and the necessity of ensuring the data quality.
Conclusions: Information technology forms a significant aspect of the TM modernization. To develop both the TMIS and the knowledge sharing tools, it is necessary to remove the problems and challenges involved in the data record process in the TM. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6e1bc3b89bcf489f9ad7c5687690c8cd2022-12-22T02:41:24ZengGarVal Editorial Ltda.Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research0719-42502019-07-0174246259Progresses and challenges in the traditional medicine information system: A systematic reviewRazieh Mirzaeian0Farahnaz Sadoughi1Shahram Tahmasebian2Morteza Mojahedi3Department of Health Information Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Health Management and Economics Research Center, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.Department of Traditional Iranian Medicine, School of Traditional Iranian Medicine. Traditional Medicine and History of Medical Sciences Research Center Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.Context: Traditional medicine information system (TMIS) is a substructure founded on the targeted application of technology. It also serves as a tool supporting the decisions in traditional medicine (TM). However, due to following a different approach in the treatment process, the TM has faced some challenges. Aims: To review the universal progresses and challenges in TMIS. Methods: This study was conducted using systematic search and review. The resources were retrieved through searching the key words related to the TMIS in the available databases including Science Direct, WOS, ProQuest, PubMed and IEEE. The findings were classified in to two distinct categories of progresses and challenges relating to the TMIS. Results: As many as 28 studies conducted from 2000 to 2017 were included in this research. The majority of the studies were related to 2010 or after 2010 conducted in China. Progresses identified in this TMIS were categorized into four types including the development of the database, universal standardization of the TM, development of the clinical data warehouse, and application of information technology in the TM. The challenges were classified into four distinct categories, namely the lack of treatment protocols in TM, the necessity of developing a universal unified terminology, the necessity of creating a medical ontologies and the necessity of ensuring the data quality. Conclusions: Information technology forms a significant aspect of the TM modernization. To develop both the TMIS and the knowledge sharing tools, it is necessary to remove the problems and challenges involved in the data record process in the TM.http://jppres.com/jppres/pdf/vol7/jppres19.662_7.4.246.pdfchallengesherbal medicineinformation systemsopportunitytraditional medicine |
| spellingShingle | Razieh Mirzaeian Farahnaz Sadoughi Shahram Tahmasebian Morteza Mojahedi Progresses and challenges in the traditional medicine information system: A systematic review Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research challenges herbal medicine information systems opportunity traditional medicine |
| title | Progresses and challenges in the traditional medicine information system: A systematic review |
| title_full | Progresses and challenges in the traditional medicine information system: A systematic review |
| title_fullStr | Progresses and challenges in the traditional medicine information system: A systematic review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Progresses and challenges in the traditional medicine information system: A systematic review |
| title_short | Progresses and challenges in the traditional medicine information system: A systematic review |
| title_sort | progresses and challenges in the traditional medicine information system a systematic review |
| topic | challenges herbal medicine information systems opportunity traditional medicine |
| url | http://jppres.com/jppres/pdf/vol7/jppres19.662_7.4.246.pdf |
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