Table 1: Differences between theNational Emergency Department of Information System (NEDIS)and theCheonan Injury Surveillance System(CISS).
Items | NEDIS | CISS |
Data entry | Emergency medical centers | Emergency medical centers, rescue teams of fire departments |
Timing of data entry | Periodically recorded using an automatic OCS data recording program | Manually recorded by each fire department or emergency medical center. |
Responsibility | National Emergency Medical Center | Cheonan City |
Access time of data | 2-3 months | Immediate |
Data type | Standard | Specific |
Basis | Mandatory | Voluntary |