HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
 Fundamentally a computer system that could manage all
the information to permit health care providers to do their
jobs efficiently
 Defined as massive, integrated systems that support the
comprehensive information requirements of hospitals,
including patients, clinical, ancillary, and financial
management
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.
Such a system has benefitted different departments of the
hospital such as nursing stations, physician clinics, radiology, and
pharmacy departments.
BENEFITS OF HIS
1. Improved quality of patient care
2. Access to doctor’s and patient’s data
3. Assist in decision support for comprehensive health care
policies
4. Efficient and accurate administration of finance, diet of
patient, engineering and distribution of medical aid and
supplies
5. Improved monitoring of drug usage and study of
effectiveness
6. Enhances information integrity, reduces transcription errors
and reduces duplication of entries
7. Improved quality of documentation
8. Easy to use (hospital software/HIS) and eliminates clerical
errors.
HIS FOR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS
Nursing Information System
Assist nurses offer enhanced patient care. A good NIS can
carry out several functions and supply benefits together with
improving personnel schedules, accurate patient charting, and better
clinical data integration.
Physician Information System
As the name suggests PIS systems aim to enhance the
practice of physicians and are encouraged by the government for
deployment.
Radiology Information System
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 System
Designed to cope with the demands of a pharmacy
department, PIS enables pharmacists to monitor how medicine is
utilized in hospitals. A PIS facilitates users to supervise drug allergies
and different medication-related complications. The system enables
users to identify drug interactions and helps administer the
appropriate drugs based on the patient’s physiologic conditions.
1. Nursing station: easier construction of patient charts
2. Physicians: may access patient records any times
3. Radiology: the information system may serve as database storage
of radiologic test results
4. Pharmacy: monitoring utilization of medications
In selecting or purchasing a hospital information system, three
parameters must be considered: total cost of package, web-based
system, and implementation and support.
• Total cost of package: The information system must fit the budget
of the hospital or institution.
• Web-based system: The information system must be readily
connected to the Internet to allow an exchange of information within
and between hospitals.
• Implementation and support: The provider or vendor of the
information system must also provide appropriate training and
assistance on how to use the system.
HIS PROVIDERS IN THE PHILIPPINES
BIZBOX
The founders of Bizbox, Inc., started twenty-five (25) years
ago with the goal of helping people improve their work efficiency
through software. With the first hospital project in 1994, BizBox
evolved into one of the top IT companies focused 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.
KCCI
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.
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 Administrator scan access
their reports and your doctors their patient’s records anywhere and
anytime, they need to
PROCESS THAT CAN BE DONE USING HIS
Help desk
A help desk is a useful resource meant to offer the customer
or end-user information and guide associated with a company's or
institution's products and services.
 used in answering frequently asked questions (FAQs) such
as how to use the information system.
Scheduling
Managers and employees can access work schedules from
everywhere and effectively discuss their scheduling preferences. An
employee scheduling software could save you time and make
employee scheduling less difficult.
Patient registration
 A patient registration form needs to be filled up whenever a
patient visits a hospital or clinic to avail of medical treatment.
The data is used for record-keeping and administrative use.
If the patient calls for any prompt medical attention for the duration
of an emergency, the form can be filled up by any relative, friend, or
guardian.
Allows entry of patient-related information into the system.
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 include visiting nursing
care, physical therapy, and home blood drawing.
Any information acquired when a patient is moved from
“hospital to home”
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 the movement of an individual who (A) has been
declared lifeless, or (B) leaves the facility without the permission
of any such authorized person.
Any information acquired when a patient is moved from
“hospital to another health care facility”. The term may not be used to
describe a patient who has been declared lifeless; or a patient who has
left the facility without any authorized permission.
Billing
Itemize all a purchaser’s invoices and payments and
maintain a rolling balance of how much they owe.
Statements are valuable for customers that order from you
on a frequent basis.
Through generating statements on a regular basis (at least
monthly), you’ll be able to keep track of who owes you and how
much.
The HIS will display a list of those customers that have
outstanding balances, and you can page through each statement and
quickly isolate someone if their payment is overdue.
Allows a user to view a patient’s record of hospital
transactions and outstanding balances.
A hospital information system may also be used to generate
medical reports such as laboratory, radiology, and cardiology reports.
LABORATORY REPORTING
Displays elements with administrative or clerical
information (i.e. patient information and demographics), in
addition to the information about the specimen and tests.
•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 (American Association for Clinical Chemistry,2017).
For identification and filing purposes, some lab reports
display elements with administrative or clerical information:
•Patient name and identification number or a unique patient identifier
and identification number
•Name and address of the laboratory location where the test was
performed
•Date report printed
•Test report date
•Name of doctor or legally authorized person ordering the test(s)
•Information about the specimen and the test itself, such as those
included below, are other elements that make a lab report more
meaningful:
•Specimen source, when appropriate
•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
RADIOLOGY REPORTING
A radiology report is a clinical and source document that
provides interpretation and describes any radiology procedure
conducted by a radiologist.
The only person who is privileged to prepare and document
a radiology report is a qualified physician who has been granted
specific clinical privileges in that hospital or clinical setting.
1. The length of the report should have some relationship to the
complexity and cost of the exam.
2. It should have pertinent positive and negative findings and address
any specific clinical concerns.
3. All-important findings need to be stated first and any incidental
findings are reported at the end.
The radiology report's main premise is to answer the
clinical question from the radiology request. The main components
are:
1. Patient 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
 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

•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.

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