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A '''hospital information system''' ('''HIS''') (sometimes referred to as a '''healthcare information system''' or '''clinical information system''') is a comprehensive, integrated information system designed to manage the medical, administrative, financial, and legal aspects of a hospital and its service processing. The functionality of such a system may include help with paper-based information processing, as well as resident work positioning and mobile data acquisition and presentation. An HIS may be composed of one or more software components, including specialty-specific extensions as well as a large variety of sub-systems in medical specialties, including [[laboratory information system]]s, (LISs), [[radiology information system]]s (RISs) or [[picture archiving and communication system]]s (PACSs).
A '''hospital information system''' ('''HIS''') (sometimes referred to as a '''healthcare information system''' or '''clinical information system''') is a comprehensive, integrated information system designed to manage the medical, administrative, financial, and legal aspects of a hospital and its service processing. The functionality of such a system may include help with paper-based [[information]] processing, as well as resident work positioning and mobile data acquisition and presentation. An HIS may be composed of one or more software components, including specialty-specific extensions as well as a large variety of sub-systems in medical specialties, including [[laboratory information system]]s, (LISs), [[radiology information system]]s (RISs) or [[picture archiving and communication system]]s (PACSs).


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Revision as of 22:05, 13 September 2013

A hospital information system (HIS) (sometimes referred to as a healthcare information system or clinical information system) is a comprehensive, integrated information system designed to manage the medical, administrative, financial, and legal aspects of a hospital and its service processing. The functionality of such a system may include help with paper-based information processing, as well as resident work positioning and mobile data acquisition and presentation. An HIS may be composed of one or more software components, including specialty-specific extensions as well as a large variety of sub-systems in medical specialties, including laboratory information systems, (LISs), radiology information systems (RISs) or picture archiving and communication systems (PACSs).

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