Construction and application of national monitoring information system for medical radiation protection

Objective To construct a national medical radiation protection monitoring information system (NMRPMIS) based on the national radiation health information platform, support the national medical radiation protection monitoring project data reporting, and comprehensively understand the current situation of medical radiation protection. Methods According to the national radiation protection monitoring plan, laws, regulations and standards, HTML, CSS and JavaScript were used in the front end, JAVA language was used in the back end, SQL server was used in the platform database and Tomcat was used as the middleware. A data reporting and analysis system was set in the system through B/S structure, with statistical analysis of the 2017 annual monitoring data carried out. Results The business composition of the platform includes four levels: data acquisition (through various business systems), data resource integration (integration of business system public data), application, and display. The national medical radiation protection monitoring system with flexible structure, centralized information and convenient operation was implemented. The national medical radiation protection information was reported in 2017. The basic situation of radiation protection in 33 565 hospitals and the performance and protection information of 10 624 pieces of radiation diagnosis and treatment equipment were reported in 2017. A total of 95 statistical information reports were completed, describing the current situation of medical radiation protection in China from four dimensions: time, administrative geographic information, hospital level, and equipment types. Conclusions Medical radiation protection monitoring system helped achieve the design goal and successfully complete the data reporting in 2017. It provides data support for understanding the current situation of medical radiation protection and the protection management policymaking in China. Key words: National medical radiation protection monitoring system; Information system; National radiation health information platform