title: [The model of aged-hearing monitoring under the hospital information system].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the oldly people's hearing screening and dynamic monitoring mode, and to discuss the new diseases and health management mode in current information network era.
  
  
  METHODS
  To establish the network connection between the hospital and the communities in the internet through the function expansion of the Hospital Information Systems and to realize "dual systems, double platforms" integrated management modes and establish the audiology workstation. The routine physical examination, pure tone hearing threshold tests and middle ear analysis were performed on four hundred and twenty elderly people from the fourteen communities every three months, and the changes of hearing and related symptoms were observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Resources sharing was established between the hospital and these fourteen communities. Health records were established for all the aged people, the hearing screening lasted only half a day each time. Fourteen hearing loss cases were found during one year. A statistically significant difference (P < 0.01) were found, the ratio of hearing loss with diabetes, high blood pressure and other diseases were much higher than people without concomitant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The advantage of disease management mode under the Hospital Information System is convenient, the work efficiency and qualities are improved, which is worthy of popularizing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolarygology, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area Hospital, Tianjin 300457, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-lin
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Ji-hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jia-liang
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D003638:Deafness / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male