HIS FINALs

• Hospital Information System (HIS)


  A computer system that can manage all the information to permit healthcare providers to do their jobs efficiently
• HIS


  • Integrates all scientific, financial, and administrative programs
• Benefits of an effective HIS

  • Enhanced data integrity
  • Reduced transcription errors
  • Reduced duplication of data entries
  • Optimized report turnaround times
• Nursing Information Systems (NIS)


  Computer-based information systems designed to assist nurses and offer enhanced patient care
• Functions of a good NIS

  1. Improving personnel schedules

  2. Accurate patient charting

  3. Better clinical data integration
• Patient charting applications in NIS

  • Allow users to enter details regarding patients' vital signs
  • Used for admission information, care plan and all applicable nursing notes
  • All crucial data is securely saved and can be retrieved when required
• Medical information integration in NIS

  • Allows nurses to collect, retrieve and examine the medical records and then integrate it to design a patients' care plan
• Physician Information Systems (PIS)


  Systems that aim to enhance the practice of physicians and are encouraged by the government for deployment
• PIS offerings


  • Electronic Medical Records (EMRs)
  • Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
• PIS offerings


  • Have 24/7 support that enables health professionals to troubleshoot issues happening at some point in their use
• Radiology Information System (RIS)


  Systems 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 enterprise side of their practices
• Pharmacy Information Systems (PIS)


  Designed to cope with the demands of a pharmacy department, enabling pharmacists monitor how medicine is utilized in hospitals
• PIS


  • Facilitates users manage drug allergies and other medication-related complications
  • Enables users to identify drug interactions
  • Helps administer the appropriate drugs based on the patient's physiologic conditions
• Factors to consider when selecting a Hospital Information System

  • Total cost of package
  • Web-based system
  • Implementation and support
• Web-based HIS system


  • Authorized employees can access the information whenever they need from anywhere
  • Does not bind all caregivers to their office desks
  • Offers them with data
• Implementation and support for HIS

  • Change is constantly resisted by people and deploying or upgrading a hospital information system can also invite employee criticism
  • It is always good to invite the vendor for assistance in an implementation and request for staff training
  • Select a vendor that gives 24/7 support through the telephone or web, so your hospital staff can instantly access support
• BIZBOX


  One of the top IT companies focused on the healthcare industry in the Philippines, using the latest Microsoft technology
• KCCI MEDSYS


  Specializes in application development for hospitals, industrial clinics and medical related educational institutions in the Philippines

  
• COMLOGIK


  A Philippine based software development company that established its operation in 1999, developing innovative applications like online hospital services
• Processes that can be done using HIS

  • Help Desk
  • Scheduling
  • Patient Registration
  • Admission
  • Discharge
  • Transfer
  • Billing
• Help Desk


  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 from everywhere and effectively discuss their scheduling preferences
• Patient Registration


  A patient registration form needs to be filled up whenever a patient visits a hospital or clinic to avail of medical treatment
• 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
• Discharge


  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
• Transfer


  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
• Billing


  Itemize all of a purchaser's invoices and payments, and maintain a rolling balance of how much they owe
• Components of Laboratory Reporting

  • Patient name and identification number
  • Name and address of the laboratory location
  • Date report printed
  • Test report date
  • Name of doctor or legally authorized person ordering the test(s)
  • Specimen source
  • Date and time of specimen collection
  • Laboratory accession number
  • 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
• Vascular sonography reports


  • Can be created with a touch of a few buttons if software designed for cardiology is used
  • 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
• Components of Radiology Reporting

  • Patient's demographics
  • Relevant clinical information and ICD-9 code
  • Body of the report
  • Impression (conclusion or diagnosis)
• Discharge Summary


  A clinical report arranged by a health practitioner or different health expert at the conclusion of a hospital stay or series of treatments, outlining the patient's main complaint, the diagnostic findings, the treatment administered and the patient's response to it, and guidelines on discharge