LESSON 11: OTHER HOSPTIAL INFORMATION SYSTEM

CARDIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEM

 Mainly focused on the storage and retrieval of cardiology-centric images.

 Usually receive an order with patient demographics from other information management
systems

 They are profiled against the order and stored for further distribution, viewing and long term
achieve

 All this information can currently be provided in digital format and it serves as a repository
which houses these forms of imagery.

 Most are limited to their storage capabilities and do not include post-processing functions.

 Originated in 1970s from a mainframe environment, the technical specifics of which would be
considered ridiculous in the present-day setting

 Have unique features that enable remote access and easy retrieval.

 Attempted to integrate with a radiology information system to create a cardiovascular

information system that is capable of more than just storage but rather particularly involving
administrative processes.

BENEFITS AND ITS FEATURES

1. Ease of access while maintaining data security

 CIS consolidates multiple types of patient cardiology information.

2. Flexibility in the workflow

 Availability of mobile technology allows cardiologists to assess a wide array of information

without having to leave the patient bedside.

 Having cardiology data in a single platform offers mobility to physicians and nurses alike thereby
improving the efficiency of providing service.

3. Enhanced comparability

 Cis is essentially a repository of cardiology imagery results, retrieval of past data is effortless.

 This comparability enables healthcare professionals to make more informed decisions for their
patient’s treatment.
FUNCTIONALITIES

1. Editing, viewing and storing multi-modal cardiology data

 Different types of data including computed tomography (CT), cardiac ultrasound

(echocardiography), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear imaging (PET and SPECT), and
angiography may be managed on a single platform with the help of CIS.

2. Remote access

 The use of networks and integrated information systems, coupled with the availability of the
internet and tablets and smartphones, offer flexibility to CIS.

3. Visualization and Reporting Capabilities

 One of the main benefits of CIS is the ease and consistency of reporting.

 Virtually real time information retrieval is possible with just a couple of clicks and queries and is
possible from multiple locations.

4. EHR integration

 It integrated with existing Electronic Health Record Systems

 It can enhance the quality of services offered by health professionals by offering a more
comprehensive view of the patient care spectrum.

RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEM

 Networked software system for managing medical imagery and associated data.

 Useful for tracking radiology imaging orders and billing information

 Often used in conjunction with Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) and
Vendor Neutral Archival (VNA) to manage image archives, record keeping and billing within a
Hospital Information System.

HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM

 Element of health informatics

 Focuses mainly on the administrational needs of hospitals.

PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

 Healthcare technology for short-term and long-term storage, retrieval, management, and
distribution and presentation of images.
VENDOR NEUTRAL ARCHIVAL

 Medical imaging used by the healthcare professionals that stores images in a standard format
and interface

 Making medical imaging data accessible through different archiving and communication
systems.

ADVANTAGES OF USING RIS

1. Better communication with referring doctors

 RIS integrate with the referring doctor’s electronic health record, to access patient data easily
and quickly.

 The result is a better experience for referring doctors, which dramatically increases the
likelihood they will refer more patients to you.

2. Faster Payments

 Chief benefit of RIS is that you can use it to verify insurance before a patient visit.

 The electronic payments you are now capable of receiving means that you get paid faster.

3. Improved efficiency

 Much faster to find, input, create report from patient data when the records are computerized.

 When the information digitized and no longer needing to be entered into records a second or
third time.

FUNCTIONS OF RIS

 Patient Management

 Scheduling

 Patient Tracking

 Image Tracking

 Results Reporting

 Billing
PATIENT MANAGEMENT

 RIS can track a patient’s entire workflow within the radiology department; radiology providers
can add images and reports to EHRs,

 Where they can be retrieved and viewed by authorized radiology staff.

SCHEDULING

 The RIS allows staff to make appointments for both inpatients and outpatients.

PATIENT TRACKING

 Providers can track a patient’s entire radiology history from admission to discharge and
coordinate the history with past, present and future appointments.

RESULTS REPORTING

 RIS can generate statistical reports for a single patient, group patients or particular procedure.

IMAGE TRACKING

 Radiology providers use to track individual films and their associated data.

 EHRs have become standard across the healthcare industry and digitized images

 PACS have been widely adopted, radiology departments and their RIS-PACS systems have been
more drawn into the clinical workflow of the entire medical enterprise.

BILLING

 RIS provide detailed financial record-keeping and process electronic payments and automated
claims though these functions are becoming incorporated into medical organizations overall EHR
systems.

KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER

 Cardiology Information Systems are mainly focused on the storage and retrieval of cardiology-
centric images.

 The benefits and features of CIS include: ease of access while maintaining data security,
flexibility in the workflow, and enhanced comparability.

 The functionalities of CIS are (a) editing, viewing storing multi-modal cardiology data, (b) remote
access (c) visualization and reporting capabilities (d) EHR integration.
 A Radiology Information System (RIS) is a networked software system for managing medical
imagery and associated data. RIS especially useful for tracking radiology imaging orders and
billing information, and is often used in conjunction with Picture Archiving and Communication
Systems (PACS) and Vendor Neutral Archival (VNA) to manage image archives, record-keeping
and billing within a Hospital Information System.

 The following are functions of a RIS: Patient management, Scheduling, Patient tracking, Results
reporting, Image tracking, Billing.