LESSON 9: HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM HIS 1
Health Information System
”A computer structured to manage all records of health
care providers to make available information and
reports useful to healthcare personnel in doing their job
more efficiently.”
HIS must deliver high quality patient care and
better management of financial records.
It needs to be affordable, scalable, and centered
on the needs of patients and medical personnel
It should be adaptable to rapid technological
changes.
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 SYSTEM
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.
WEB-BASED SYSTEM
PHYSICIAN INFORMATION SYSTEM
Aims to enhance the practice of
physicians
EMRs and EHRs are some programs
where PIS is deployed and extensively
used.
RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEM
Are capable of providing billing services
and appointment scheduling aside from
reporting and database storage.
PHARMACY INFORMATION SYSTEM
Helps monitor the utilization of medicines
in health institutions.
This also handles medication-related
complications and drug allergy information
of patients.
RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEM
Are capable of providing billing services
and appointment scheduling aside from
reporting and database storage.
PHARMACY INFORMATION SYSTEM
Helps monitor the utilization of medicines
in health institutions.
This also handles medication-related
complications and drug allergy information
of patients.
Selecting a Hospital Information System
TOTAL COST OF •HIS should be available for
PACKAGE all sizes and budgets
•The system is available on the internet
and can be accessed anytime anywhere
which also allows data sharing between
hospitals.
•The vendor of the system should
IMPLEMENTATION provide ample training and
AND SUPPORT assistance to the users upon
installing or upgrading of HIS
HIS Providers in the Philippines
BizBox
The goal of the company is to improve
work efficiency in health care institutions
through software systems, and to
produce advanced solutions for better
patient care.
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KCCI Medsys
Kaiser-dela Cruz Consulting, Inc.
specializes in application development for
hospitals, industrial clinics, and medical-
Instructions upon Discharge
related educational institutions in the discharge or transfer
Philippines. may include details
Comlogik services needed to be
Comlogik’s vision is to be a global administered after the
hospital stay to ensure
technology company that led the way in
the full recovery of the
developing innovative applications like patient.
online hospital services.
This means movement Transfer
HIS Function of the patient along
with the discharge
outside of the hospital
Clients are provided Help Desk premises at the
with information and instruction of any
guidelines associated authorized hospital
with company’s or personnel.
institution’s products
and services without Billing statements Billing
any hassle. show all records
pertaining to the
An employee Scheduling invoices, payments, and
scheduling software the current balance of a
helps save time and patient’s account.
makes employees
scheduling less The process of Contract Management
difficult. managing contract
creation, execution,
The HIS patient Patient Registration and analysis to
registration form maximize the
records the name, age, operational and
gender, marital status, financial performance
and other relevant of an organization
information regarding while reducing
the patient. financial risk.

Admissions counselor Admission HIS helps in accessing Package Deal Designer

gather preliminary information regarding
information of the package deals without
patient, offer vital going through the
information concerning hassle of paperwork.
the hospital stay, and
answer questions if
there are any.

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Laboratory reporting registration, admissions, discharge and transfer

Displays elements with administrative or clerical procedures, billing, contract management and
information in addition to the information about the package deals.
specimen and the test itself.
Material management is primarily concerned
Radiology Reporting with the planning, identifying, purchasing,
It is an official medical document that provides
storing, receiving and distribution of materials.
the details of the requested radiology examination and
Its purpose is to guarantee that the right and
the procedure conducted by the radiologist.
sufficient materials are in the right location
Cardiology Reporting when needed.
This contains important medical information
Management reporting systems help in
based on the test results of the patient which are set
capturing the data sets that are needed for
against past medical records.
managers to run an effective enterprise.
Material Management System
Materials management is primarily concerned
with planning, identifying, purchasing, storing,
receiving and distributing materials. Its purpose
is to guarantee that the right and sufficient
materials are in the right location when needed.
Management reporting is platform for reporting
and controlling information valuable to the
institution.

Key Point to Remember

A hospital information system is fundamentally
a computer system that could manage all the
information to permit health care providers to
do their jobs efficiently.

HIS for different departments: Nursing

Information System, Physician Information
System, Radiology Information System and
Pharmacy Information System.

The following should be considered during the

selection of the HIS: Total cost of the package,
we based system and implementation and
support.

The top 3 HIS providers in the Philippines are

Bizbox, Inc., KCCI Medsys and COMLOGIK.

The functions of HIS address the following

concerns: help desk, scheduling, patient
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