1. Top Three (3) HIS Providers in the Philippines.

a. Biz-Box

Charles Sidi is the president and founder of Biz-Box, he invented Biz-Box in 2010. In 2011
Sidi partnered with Rick Sikorski an entrepreneur and the previous owner of Fitness Together
along with Elements Therapeutic Massage, the largest fitness training franchise in the world.
From its first project in 1994, BizBox has grown into one of the leading IT companies of HIS
provider in the healthcare industry. Biz-Box is also a certified Microsoft Gold Partner and in
2013, BizBox was awarded a 20-year utility patent on its products. For more than 10 years,
Biz-Box had been developing applications that are used in the healthcare industry. The
following are one of the clients of BizBox:

b. Medsys

KCCI Medsys was developed by Kaiser dela Cruz Consulting, Inc. This health information
system provider specializes in the development of the applications in industrial clinics, hospital,
and medical related institutions in the country. KCCI Medsys is the only fully integrated
computerized system that has been successfully installed in numerous leading healthcare
industries in the Philippines. The following are one clients of KCCI Medsys:

c. Comlogik

In 1999, Comlogik Business System, Inc. was established with a vision to be a global technology
company. Comogik is a Philippine-based software company that led the way in developing
innovative applications like online hospital services where doctors can access records anytime
and anywhere; patients can also access their billings, examinations and etc.

2. Choose a HIS Provider and highlight the feature(s) of their system that would be key to
recommending them to the management of the hospital.

I would highly recommend BizBox as a HIS Provider because aside from it is a PHIC
accredited but also they provide a convenient Barcode System, which I believe is very
essential and convenient especially in hospital inventory. In addition to this is their inventory
stock on hand display. Another thing is their software, where it provides SMS notification for
Doctors which makes important announcement or news timely. They as well provide balance
detection for patients with unsettled accounts and a lot more.

3. List at least two (2) functionalities of a CIS and explain how this will improve the patient’s
experience.

a. Remote Access

Internet and smart phones are highly accessible in today’s time, and with this advantage CIS
can be easily accessed and viewed anytime and anywhere for everyone’s convenience. And
with the pandemic that is still going on, patients and healthcare workers are lifted with the
burden of waiting for hours and sometimes even days before the results are released, and with
this we can minimize social contact with this functionality making the patient’s experience
more remarkable.

b. Visualization and Reporting Capabilities

Data are hard to understand especially if it is written in word format; what better way to
understand them is by curating data into a format that are easier to understand even as a normal
person. With the visualization and reporting capabilities provided by the CIS, patients can access
data or results in the most convenient and comprehensive way.
4. Enumerate the three (3) issue methods and discuss the basic difference of each method.
Common inventory handling methods are very important especially in inventory management
and these are: First In, First Out (FIFO); Last In, First Out (LIFO); and First Expired, First
Out (FEFO). The most common technique among them is FIFO, where the items in the
inventory that are acquired first are prioritized to be sold first. Another one is LIFO— the last
items that were purchase are being sold first. Lastly, is FEFO where the items or materials are
sold based on the date that they should be consumed (expiration date); items that will expire
first will be sold first regardless of when they were purchased.

5. Name at least Five (5) common information in the CDR and explain the importance of the
information in the smooth flow of procedures inside the hospital.

The following are the common kinds of available information in the CDR: patient’s
demographics, patient’s primary care provider, medication list, allergies, hospital in-patient
visits, emergency department encounters, outpatient practice visits, immunizations and etc.
These available information help in the smooth flow of interaction within the hospital, for
example healthcare providers can easily access information on laboratory results or patient’s
demographic without actually retrieving the said information personally. This common
information in CDR can help improve the patient’s experience as well as saving time in
redundant treatment.

6. Enumerate and define the key steps in the Laboratory Flow for a hospital patient.

Register Patient— patient’s record such as name. age, sex or gender, location and others
must be inputted in advance before conducting any test(s); such information are usually
received automatically by the LIS from the hospital registry system when a patient is
admitted.

Order Test— order test is often requested by attending physician and procedures are
requested as part of the laboratory’s morning blood collection rounds. These orders are then
entered into the CIS and are electronically sent to LIS, afterwards.

Collect Sample— appropriate number of sample barcode labels are designated for each
patient order. The barcode contains the patient’s ID, sample contained, and the laboratory
workstation it is intended to be; which helps in sorting the tube when it reaches its designated
laboratory.

Receive Sample— the moment the sample reaches in the laboratory, the status is then
updated in the LIS (from “collected” into “received”) by scanning the barcode ID in the
sample’s container. When the status becomes “received”, the LIS will transmit the test order
to the analyzer that will perform the ordered test.

Run Sample— the barcode will then be read by running the sample through the analyzer.
From the order provided by the LIS, the analyzer will already know what test to perform and
therefore, worklist is no longer needed. However, if the test/s are to be performed manually,
the technologist will need to print the worklist from the LIS.

Review Results—the LIS can be set up to marked-out certain results to help the technologists
easily identify with what needs to be repeated or to be evaluated. The analyzer will produce
the result and sends them to the LIS (only the assigned technologist can view the result until it
will be released for general viewing).

Release Results— the releasing of results is the technologist’s responsibility. Normal results
or results that are within a certain range can be programmed in the LIS in which they can be
automatically reviewed or release; with this initiative, the number of test that a technologist
needs to review are reduced. Upon release, the results are also automatically sent-out to the
CIS.
Report Results— reports can now be access and viewed by the physician through the CIS
screen and can now be printed whenever necessary.