LESSON 11 Other Hospital Information System
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM ➔ Keam L. Pugoy
OBJECTIVES
• Discuss the benefits, features, and
functionalities of a CIS
• Define RIC and describe its functions.
CARDIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEM
❖ CIS are mainly focused on the storage and
retrieval of cardiology-centric images.
❖ Serves as a repository which houses these
forms of imagery.
❖ Usually receive an order with patient
demographics from other information
management systems, and once the images
are acquired from imaging modalities, they
profiled against the order and stored for
further distribution, viewing and long-term
archive.
❖ Information used by the Cardiologists varies
from
1.) personal notes: history, physical
examination.
2.) signals: electrocardiograms
3.) images: echocardiograms, angiograms,
CT, MRI)
4.) Reports from investigations
5.) Procedures
❖ But CIS are limited to their storage
capabilities and do not include post-
processing functions.
EVOLUTION
❖ 1970’s – cardiology information system
originated from mainframe environment
❖ 1980’s – Modular Systems became trend
by the use of mini-computers & real-time
application. (Turney and Kohls, 1997)
❖ CIS nowadays – have unique features that
enable remote access and easy retrieval.
BENEFITS & FEATURES
1.) Ease of access while maintaining data security
• CIS consolidates multiple types of patient
cardiology information
2.) Flexibility in workflow
• Availability of mobile technology allows
cardiologists to assess a wide array of
information without having to leave the
patient bedside.
• Improving the efficiency of providing service
by offering mobility to physicians and nurses
in a single platform
3.) Enhanced comparability
• 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 type of data includes: 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 the CIS.
2.) Remote Access
• Use of networks and integrated information
systems offers flexibility to CIS
3.) Visualization and Reporting Capabilities
• Ease and consistency of reporting.
• Virtually real-time information retrieval
• Possible for multiple locations
4.) EHR Integration
❖ Since CIS may be integrated with existing
Electronic Health Record Systems, it can
enhance the quality of service offered by
offering more comprehensive view of the
patient care spectrum
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LESSON 11 Other Hospital Information System
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM ➔ Keam L. Pugoy

RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEM FUNCTIONS OF RIS

❖ Networked software system for managing 1.) Patient Management
medical imagery and associated data.
❖ Can track a patients’ entire workflow within
the radiology department
❖ Especially used for tracking radiology imaging
orders and billing information and often used in
❖ Radiology providers can add images and
conjunction with Picture Archiving and reports to EHRs where they can retrieve and
Community Systems (PACS) and Vendor Neural viewed by the authorized radiology staff
Archives (VNA) to manage image archives.
Record-keeping and within a HIS 2.) Scheduling
❖ Allows staff to make appointments for both
ADVANTAGES OF RIS
inpatients ant outpatients
1.) Better Communication with Referring Doctors
❖ RIS can interfere with doctor’s HER system
3.) Patient Tracking
wherein you can access patient data easily ❖ Can track patient’s entire radiology history
and quickly
from admission to discharge and
2.) Faster Payments coordinate the history with past, present,
❖ Can be used to verify insurance before a and future appointments.
patient visit.
3.) Improved Efficiency
4.) Results Reporting
❖ Much faster to find, input, and create reports ❖ RIS can generate statistical reports for a
from patient data when the records are single patient, group of patients, or
computerized. particular procedures.
❖ No longer needing to entered into records a
second or a third time. 5.) Image Tracking
❖ Traditionally, radiology providers use RIS to
NAME ABRE. FUNCTION SUMMARY track individual films and their associated
Element of health
Hospital informatics that
data.
Information HIS focuses mainly on ❖ But as EHR’s have become standard across
System the the healthcare industry and digitized images
administrational
needs of and PACS have been widely adopted;
hospitals. ❖ Radiology departments and their RIS-PACS
A healthcare systems have been more drawn into the
Picture Archiving technology for • Storage
clinical workflow of the entire medical
and short-term and • Archival and
Communication PACS long-term storage, back-ups enterprise.
Systems retrieval, • Retrieval
management and
distribution and 6.) Billing
presentation of ❖ Provide detailed financial record-keeping
images and process electronic payments and
A health
information • Vendor automated claims
Vendor Neutral VNA technology neutrality ❖ These functions are becoming
Archival context. • Standardization incorporated into medical organizations’
- a medical • Scalability overall EHR systems
imaging used by • Data security
the healthcare and privacy
professionals that • Interoperability
stores images in a • Long-term
standard format archiving
and interface

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