Module III

Topic 1:
Hospital & Health
Information System
Hospital Information System (HIS)
- an application software used by
healthcare organizations to
simplify clinical, financial and
administrative processes
- facilitates the seamless flow of
data across various departments
of hospitals*
- enables Physicians,
Management and authorized
users to share data and
streamline processes across an
organization**
History of HIS
- 1960s: computers and storage were
large and expensive; hospitals usually
shared their networks with each other;
hospital accounting systems*

- 1980s: HIS began to improve; smaller

and much cheaper and quicker
computers; hospitals were able to get
large amount of information from both
clinical and financial systems

- 2000s: technology has advanced;

hospitals created applications that
would assist in commercial and real-
time decisions; the software had
become much more accessible**
Health Information System
- refers to a system designed to
manage healthcare data*

- includes systems that handle

data related to activities of
providers and health
organizations**
Key Components of A
Health Information System

Data
Resources Indicators
Sources

Data Information Dissemination

Management Products and Use
Examples of Health Information System
Electronic Health Record*
- includes health data, test
results, and treatments and
designed to share data with
other EHRs so other healthcare
providers can access a patient’s
healthcare data

Practice Management Software

- helps healthcare providers
manage daily operations such
as scheduling and billing**
Examples of Health Information System
Master Patient Index
- connects separate patient
records across databases;
contains a record for each
patient that is registered at a
healthcare organizations and
indexes all other records for the
patient*

Patient Portals
- allow patients to access their
personal health data such as
appointment information,
medications, and lab results
over an internet connection**
Examples of Health Information System

Remote Patient Monitoring

- allows medical sensors to
send patient data to healthcare
professionals*

Clinical Decision Support

- analyze data from various
clinical & administrative
systems to help healthcare
providers make clinical
decisions**
Benefits of
Health Information System

Data Collaborative
Analytics Care

Population
Cost
Health
Control Management