title: Development of a web-based database to manage American College of Emergency Physicians/American Academy of Pediatrics Emergency Information Forms.
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Mayo Mail Center #94, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. pyles001@umn.edu
authors.forename: Lee A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Pyles
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hines
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Patock
authors.forename: Maggie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schied
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chase
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jamrozek
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Schiff
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D003628:Database Management Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000295:instrumentation; D020407:Internet; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000295:instrumentation; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States