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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 | 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. As information management demands become more rigorous, "hospitals are becoming more reliant on the ability of [a] hospital information system (HIS) to assist in the diagnosis, management and education for better and improved services and practices."<ref name="HISMalaysia">{{cite journal |url=http://www.ipedr.com/vol5/no1/45-H00097.pdf |format=PDF |title=Assessing User Satisfaction of using Hospital Information System (HIS) in Malaysia |author=Amin, Indah Mohd; Hussein, Surya Sumarni; Mohd Isa, Wan Abdul Rahim Wan |journal=International Proceedings of Economics Development and Research |series=2011 International Conference on Social Science and Humanity |volume=5 |issue=1 |year=2011 |pages=210–213 |doi=10.7763/IPEDR}}</ref> | ||
==History== | |||
The idea of implementing a computerized information-handling system in the hospital sphere came as early as 1966, when Lockheed Martin conducted an information gathering project on the feasibility of such a system. Lockheed built a prototype hospital information system called "MIS" or "Medical Information System," and El Camino Hospital agreed to pilot it incrementally. In 1971 Lockheed was forced to sell its HIS research division to Technicon Data Systems; however, El Camino ultimately decided to fully implement it in 1972.<ref name="DemEvalHos">{{cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=6RA7YzUXYg8C |title=Demonstration and evaluation of a total hospital information system |author=Gall, John E.; Norwood, Donald D.; El Camino Hospital |publisher=U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Resources Administration, National Center for Health Services Research |series=NCHSR research summary series |year=1977 |pages=38}}</ref><ref name="EvoHosSys">{{cite journal |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2203735/pdf/procascamc00012-0066.pdf |format=PDF |title=Evolution of a Hospital Information System |author=Buchanan, Neilson S. |journal=Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer Application in Medical Care |issue=1 |pages=34–36 |date=05 November 1980 |pmcid=PMC2203735}}</ref> The system had features such as laboratory test scheduling, IV ordering, and pharmacy management.<ref name="EvoHosSys" /> | |||
==Functionality== | |||
A 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). | |||
The functionality of a HIS may include help with paper-based [[information]] processing, resident work positioning, and mobile data acquisition and presentation. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 04:05, 2 October 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. As information management demands become more rigorous, "hospitals are becoming more reliant on the ability of [a] hospital information system (HIS) to assist in the diagnosis, management and education for better and improved services and practices."[1]
History
The idea of implementing a computerized information-handling system in the hospital sphere came as early as 1966, when Lockheed Martin conducted an information gathering project on the feasibility of such a system. Lockheed built a prototype hospital information system called "MIS" or "Medical Information System," and El Camino Hospital agreed to pilot it incrementally. In 1971 Lockheed was forced to sell its HIS research division to Technicon Data Systems; however, El Camino ultimately decided to fully implement it in 1972.[2][3] The system had features such as laboratory test scheduling, IV ordering, and pharmacy management.[3]
Functionality
A 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).
The functionality of a HIS may include help with paper-based information processing, resident work positioning, and mobile data acquisition and presentation.
References
- ↑ Amin, Indah Mohd; Hussein, Surya Sumarni; Mohd Isa, Wan Abdul Rahim Wan (2011). "Assessing User Satisfaction of using Hospital Information System (HIS) in Malaysia" (PDF). International Proceedings of Economics Development and Research. 2011 International Conference on Social Science and Humanity 5 (1): 210–213. doi:10.7763/IPEDR. http://www.ipedr.com/vol5/no1/45-H00097.pdf.
- ↑ Gall, John E.; Norwood, Donald D.; El Camino Hospital (1977). Demonstration and evaluation of a total hospital information system. NCHSR research summary series. U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Resources Administration, National Center for Health Services Research. pp. 38. http://books.google.com/books?id=6RA7YzUXYg8C.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Buchanan, Neilson S. (5 November 1980). "Evolution of a Hospital Information System" (PDF). Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer Application in Medical Care (1): 34–36. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2203735/pdf/procascamc00012-0066.pdf.
