HIS

• hospital information system (HIS)

  • is fundamentally a computer system that could manage all the information to permit health care providers to do their jobs efficiently.
• Hospital Information System

  • The staff used them generally for dealing with billing and hospital inventory. All this has changed now, and today hospital information systems include the integration of all scientific,financial and administrative programs.
• An effective HIS additionally provides benefits including:

  • enhanced facts integrity

  • reduced transcription errors

  • reduced duplication of facts entries

  • optimized report turnaround times
• HIS for Different Departments

  • Nursing Information Systems (NIS)
  • Physician Information Systems (PIS)
  • Radiology Information System (RIS)
  • Pharmacy Information Systems (PIS)
• Nursing Information Systems (NIS) – these computer based information systems are designed to assist nurses offer enhanced patient care. A good NIS can carry out a number of functions and supply benefits together with improving personnel schedules, accurate patient charting and better clinical data integration.
• Nursing Information Systems (NIS)

  • Patient charting applications also permit users to go into details regarding patients’ critical signs. Nurses also use it for admission information, care plan and all applicable nursing notes. All crucial facts are securely saved and can be retrieved when required.
  • Medical information integration is also very useful, allowing nurses to collect, retrieve and examine the medical records after which integrate it to design a patients’ care plan.
• Physician Information Systems (PIS)

  • as the name suggests, PIS systems aim to enhance the practice of physicians and also are encouraged by the government for deployment.
  • PIS are added thru computers, servers, networks, and use extensively deployed and popular programs such as, Electronic Medical Records (EMRs), Electronic Health Records (EHRs), andothers.
  • Most of these offerings have 24/7 support that enables health professionals to troubleshoot issues happening at some point in their use.
• Radiology Information System (RIS)

  • these systems are also popular for their capability to provide radiology billing services, appointment scheduling as well as reporting and patient database storage. The radiology practice has become more complicated with advances in technology and more hospitals now turn to RIS to control the commercial enterpriseside of their practices
• Pharmacy Information Systems (PIS)

  • Designed to cope with the demands of a pharmacy department, PIS enables pharmacists monitor how medicine is utilized in hospitals. A PIS facilitates users supervise drug allergies and different medication-related complications. The system enables users to identify drug interactions and also helps administer theappropriate drugs based on the patient’s physiologic conditons.
• Selecting a Hospital Information System

  • Total Cost of Package
  • Web based System
  • Implementation and Support
• Total cost of package – discuss the necessities of your hospitalwith you. Solutions are available for hospitals of all sizes and budgets
• Web based system – in addition to the user friendly features, anexcellent HIS system ought to be available on the internet.Availability on the internet means authorized employees can accessthe information whenever they need from anywhere. this does notbind all caregivers to their office desks and additionally offers themwith statistics
• Implementation and Support - Implementation involves installing software and hardware components, configuring them, training staff members, and testing the new system. Ongoing support includes technical assistance, maintenance, upgrades, and updates.
• HIS PROVIDERS IN THE PHILIPPINES

  1. BIZBOX
  2. KCCI MEDSYS
  3. COMLOGIK
• COMLOGIK

  • Comlogik Business Systems, Inc. is a Philippine based software development company that established its operation in the year 1999 with a vision to be a Global Technology Company. Comlogik led the way in developing innovative applications like online hospital services wherein patients can access their billing as well as the examination results, while your Administrators can access their reports and your Doctors their patient’s records anywhere and anytime theyneed to
• KCCI MEDSYS

  • Kaiser – dela Cruz Consulting, Inc. (est.1990) specializes in application development for hospitals, industrial clinics and medical related educational institutions in the Philippines. Their products Visual MEDSYS for Hospitals and MEDSCHO for Schools provide integrated, comprehensive, and proven solutions.
• BIZBOX

  • The founders of Bizbox, Inc., started twenty-five (25) yearsago with the goal of helping people improve their workefficiency through software. With the first hospital projectin 1994, BizBox evolved into one of the top IT companiesfocused on the healthcare industry.
  • All the healthcare solutions developed by BizBox uses the latest technology from Microsoft. Leveraging on Windows Server, SQL Server and Net. BizBox builds mission-critical applications for the healthcare environment. Bizbox is proud to be a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and the recipient of the ISV of the Year Award.
• PROCESSES WHICH CAN BE DONE USING HIS

  • Help Desk

  • Scheduling

  • Patient Registration

  • Admission

  • Discharge

  • Transfer

  • Billing
• A help desk is a useful resource meant to offer the customer or end user with information and guide associated with a company's or institution's products and services.
• Scheduling

  • Managers and employees can access work schedules fromeverywhere and effectively discuss their scheduling preferences.An employee scheduling software could save you time and makeemployee scheduling less difficult.
• Patient Registration

  • A patient registration form needs to be filled up whenever a patientvisits a hospital or clinic to avail of medical treatment.
  • The data is used for record keeping and administrative use. If thepatient calls for any prompt medical attention for the duration of an emergency, the form can be filled up by any relative, friend, orguardian.
• Admission

  Before you are admitted to the health facility, an admissions counselor will call you to gather preliminary information, offer vital information concerning your hospital stay and answer your questions. Your physician additionally may schedule recurring medical exams, such as laboratory tests or X-rays, before your hospitalization. Other routine tests can be carried out at the day of your admission.
• Discharge

  • Discharge from the hospital is the point at which the patient leaves the health facility and either returns home or is transferred to some other facility including one for rehabilitation or to a nursing home. Discharge entails the medical instructions that the patient will need to fully recover. Discharge planning is a service that considers the patient's needs after the hospital stay, and may involve numerous exceptional services which includes visiting nursing care, physical therapy, and home blood drawing
• Transfer

  The term "transfer" means the movement (along with the discharge) of an individual outside a hospital's premises at the instruction of any person employed by (or affiliated or related, directly or indirectly, with) the hospital. This, however, does not encompass movement of an individual who (A) has been declared lifeless, or (B) leaves the facility without the permission of any such authorized person
• Billing• Itemize all of a purchaser's invoices and payments, and maintain arolling balance of how much they owe
• Laboratory Reporting

  • Despite the differences in presentation and from, all laboratory reports must possess common elements as required by federal legislation or by company policies.
  • It may also contain supplementary items not specifically required, but which the lab chooses to report to aid in the interpretation of results.
• What is the purpose of displaying administrative or clerical information on lab reports?

  For identification and filing purposes
• What are the key elements of administrative or clerical information on lab reports?

  • Patient name and identification number or unique patient identifier
  • Name and address of the laboratory location
  • Date report printed
  • Test report date
  • Name of doctor or legally authorized person ordering the test
• What additional elements make a lab report more meaningful?

  • Name of the test performed
  • Test results
  • Abnormal test results
  • Critical results
  • Units of measurement (for quantitative results)
  • Reference intervals (or reference ranges)
  • Interpretation of results
  • Condition of specimen
  • Deviations from test preparation procedures
  • Medications, health supplements, etc. taken by the patient
• What are the key components that should be included in a radiology report?

  • Pertinent positive and negative findings
  • Address specific clinical concerns
  • Important findings stated first
  • Incidental findings reported at the end
• The radiology report's main premise is to answer the clinical questionfrom the radiology request. The main components are:

  1. Patient's demographics. Name, social security number, etc.
  2. Relevant clinical information and ICD-9 code
  3. Body of the report.4. Impression (conclusion or diagnosis)
• Cardiology Reporting

  • Vascular sonography reports can be created with a touch of a few buttons if software designed for cardiology is used. Vascular software programs understand the needs of the medical staff that prepare and read these reports and are quite intuitive.

  • Vascular sonography reports will indicate valuable information about the results of the ultrasonic ultrasound and might include diagrams of the veins and arteries to help determine and measure items such as blood flow, presence of plaque, narrowing and the presence of clots
• DISCHARGE SUMMARY

  • A discharge summary is a clinical report arranged by a health practitioner or different health expert at the conclusion of a hospital stay or series of treatments
• Discharge Summary

  • It outlines the patient's main complaint, the diagnostic findings, the treatment administered and the patient's response to it,and guidelines on discharge.