• Accurate information to assist them in performing their duties more
efficiently.
• Functions: handling of personnel schedules, accurate patient charting,
and better clinical data integration.
PIS
• Designed to improve the practice of physicians.
• Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) and Electronic Health Records
(EHRs)
RIS
• Billing services
• Appointment scheduling
• Reporting and database storage.
PHIS
• Helps monitor the utilization of medicines in health institutions.
• Handles information on medication-related complications and drug
allergies of patients.
RADIOLOGY REPORTING -The findings in the report should take into account both positive and negative
findings.
INSTRUMENT INTEGRATION
• provides increased integration with lab instruments
• Can insert control files into a particular instrument and direct its
functioning
PROCEDURE EXECUTION
• It is in control of LIMS procedures, SOPs, and methods used in
the lab.
• Provides solutions allowing the lab technologist to configure all
the processes in the laboratory
DATAMANAGEMENT
• Facilitates configuration and the process of archiving
• XML format
• Enables migration of archive files from one medium to another,
which is crucial in the case of systems
Item Tab is used for maintenance of the attributes of an
inventory item, such as product type, item class, item type, and others.
Enquiries – The enquiries mark the beginning of the purchasing process. These establish the relationship between the entity and the right supplier. The supplier provides information on the availability and price of the required items.
Quotations – contain vital information regarding the requirements which include price, delivery details, payment terms, and etc. Companies usually review two to
three quotations before selecting the supplier.
Orders – The buyer shows the intention to purchase the required item by issuing a purchase order.
Invoices – is also called a bill. It is a commercial document that indicates the product, the ordered quantity, and agreed price.
Documents - are statutory requirements used during purchase and sales transactions. These ensure a smooth transition and completion of the process.
purchase quotation - is a document for requesting prices and delivery information from a vendor before the purchase order. It can be created then sent to a vendor.
preferred vendors - They look for a vendor who has on-time performance, offers reasonable costs, provides high quality products and services, offers fully licensed, bonded, and insured
products and services, and has good business practices.
purchase request - is a document that notifies the purchasing
department that certain items or services need to be replenished.
purchase order - is a legally binding contract which shows that the seller has already accepted the order issued by the buyer
Approval Process - The person who creates the document, either a purchase request or order, is the originator.
Signing for Deliveries – The person who receives the delivery should inspect the delivered items before signing the receiving document and the packing list. Then the document should be submitted to the appropriate department for reconciliation.
Refusing Delivery – The receiving department should refuse to accept any shipment if the packaging appears to be damaged or if there is any item that does not have a corresponding purchase order.
Record Retention – The packing list should be provided to the receiving department during delivery to ensure that there is proper documentation since they are taking possession and
legal ownership of the delivered items.
Partial Deliveries - When items are delivered partially without proper notification from the supplier, the
receiving personnel should advise the Purchasing department for approval and further instructions.
Tracking of Goods - Goods can be easily tracked /traced when they are managed by serial number or batch.
Through that, the aging of products can also be monitored based on how long they have been in the warehouse.
FIFO – Inventory items are sold in the order they are purchased. This is
the most common technique.
LIFO – Last items to enter the system are sold first. This is common
among non-perishable items like petroleum, minerals, and metals.
FEFO – Materials are sold based on dates they should be
consumed, regardless of when they were purchased.
clinical data repository - Is a systematically structured and gathered “storehouse” of patient-specific data which is usually mirrored from a clinical application, or supplemented with data from other clinical systems.
Study - A database that collects observations for a specific clinical research study.
Electronic Health Record - A database of observations made as a result of direct health care.
Registry - Observations collected and organized for the purpose of studying or guiding particular
outcomes on a defined population. Associated studies are either multiple or long-term
and evolving over time.
Warehouse - A repository that adds levels of integration and quality to the primary (research or
clinical) data of a single institution, to support flexible queries for multiple uses.
Collection - A library of heterogeneous data sets from more organizations than a warehouse or
more sources than a registry. Organized to help users find a particular data set,
Federation - A repository distributed across multiple locations, where each location retains control
over access to its own data, and is responsible for making the data comparable with the data of other locations.