LESSON 9

HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM

A hospital information system (HIS) is fundamentally a computer system that could

manage all the information to permit health care providers to do their jobs efficiently. Modern
HIS consists if many applications addressing the needs of numerous departments in a healthy
facility. They manage the data related to the clinic, finance department, laboratory, nursing,
pharmacy, and additionally, the radiology and pathology departments. Hospital information
systems have grown to be very advanced and new developments are continuously being
introduced. However, HIS is useless if it confuses the hospital employees. An effective HIS
additionally provides benefits including: enhanced facts integrity, reduced transcription errors,
reduced duplication of facts entries, and optimized report turnaround times. HIS for different
departments are: Nursing Information Systems (NIS), Physician Information System (PIS),
Radiology Information Systems (RIS), and Pharmacy Information System (PIS). The following
should be considered during the selection of HIS: Total cost of a package, Web-based system,
and Implementation and Support. The top 3 HIS providers in the Philippines are Bizbox, Inc.,
KCCI Medsys, and COMLOGIK. A HIS has the following functions: Help Desk, Scheduling, Patient
Registration, ADMISSION, DISCHARGE, AND TRANSFER PROCEDURE, BILLING, CONTRACT
MANAGEMENT, PACKAGE DEAL DESIGNER, AND ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES. When we say
Material Management it is basically concerned with the planning, identifying, purchasing,
storing, receiving, and distribution of materials. The purpose of material management is to
guarantee that the right materials are in the right location, in the right quantities when needed.
A management reporting system provides business information. Historically, MR structures
were simply used to retrieve data. However, the system has undergone tremendous
transformation over time, making it a strong platform for reporting and control. Because of the
advancement in technology, it is able to now offer financial and non-monetary information,
which could help management take essential actions in the oversight of their business activity.
Management reporting systems help in capturing data that is needed by managers to run an
effective enterprise.