title: An integrated approach to breast diseases and breast cancer registry and research: BDRS as a web-based multi-institutional model.
abstract: Accurate, complete, and timely health data sources are essential for progress in health care. Registry and research systems are foundations for conducting clinical and epidemiological research. Developing countries lack these systems due to the scarcity of the resources allocated for health information systems. In this study, we provide an integrated model for Turkey in order to optimize the utilization of resources. The Breast Diseases Registry system (BDRS) is implemented as an integrated disease-specific system for breast diseases in order to obtain a comprehensive use of patient health data for research and Breast Cancer Registry as well as an ancillary clinical tool.
authors.affiliation: Middle East Technical University, Informatics Institute, Ankara, Turkey. oyadk@ii.metu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Oya Deniz
authors.initials: OD
authors.lastname: Koçgil
authors.forename: Nazife
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Baykal
mesh_terms: D001941:Breast Diseases; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003199:Computer Systems; D003628:Database Management Systems; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D011381:Programming Languages; D012042:Registries; D014421:Turkey