IT Integrating and Support Center
Naoki Mihara, Katsuya Tanaka, Hiroaki Noguchi, Naho Kitamura, Yuta Fukasaku, Izumi Nakayama, Kohtan Shin, Hiroyuki Tajima, Yuko Takaseki
Introduction
The IT Integrating and Support Center (ITISC) was established in October 2017 to respond to the spread of AI and medical ICT, to properly maintain and operate the information system and network of the NCC as a whole, and to ensure information security measures.
The Team and What We Do
The ITISC consists of two sections. The information system planning section and information system management section are assigned under the director of the center. The ITISC is responsible for the following roles: (1) maintenance and operation management of IT infrastructure such as the entire National Cancer Center network and information system, (2) formulation of information security policy in accordance with related laws, etc. (3) support for introduction of hospital information systems at the Hospital and the Hospital East, (4) support for introduction of systems for administrative and research purposes, and (5) IT literacy education for staff, etc.
Research activities
In FY2020, the ITISC carried out the following projects:
- Planning and introduction support for renewal of the hospital information systems at the Hospital and the Hospital East
- Planning for renewal of the administrative information system of the NCC
- Introduction of the online application approval system
- Update and adjustment of information security system and related policies
- Improvement of remote working environment in response to COVID-19 disease (for over 300 staff in total)
Training
At the orientation for new employees at Tsukiji and Kashiwa campus, the ITISC gives lectures on how to use information systems, important points on handling personal information, etc., to improve information literacy. In addition, the ITISC conducts information security lectures for the NCC staff twice a year.
Future Prospects
As the department responsible for the basic infrastructure of the NCC, it is our responsibility to provide secure, convenient and advanced information systems and network environments that contribute to cancer medical care and research at the NCC. In addition, we are responsible for playing a role in the development and utilization of pioneering systems for domestic and overseas medical and research institutions. We will continue to contribute to that purpose through the development of the NCC information system infrastructure scheduled for fiscal 2021 and beyond.
List of papers published in 2020
Journal
1. Tanaka K, Yamamoto R. Implementation of a Secured Cross-Institutional Data Collection Infrastructure by Applying HL7 FHIR on an Existing Distributed EMR Storages. Stud Health Technol Inform, 272:155-158, 2020
Book
1. Miyaji A, Mimoto T (ed), Security Infrastructure Technology for Integrated Utilization of Big Data: Applied to the Living Safety and Medical Fields, Switzerland, Springer, 2020