aUtomAtEd hOspitAL inFORmAtion systEm. . .

The Design of Hospital Information Systems Using the Automated Hospital Information System Catalog

J. Goldman and M. Leonard

 

             There are several basic strategies that may be employed in the design of a new or improved automated hospital information system (AHIS). Many of the alternative approaches for the design of an AHIS can be described in terms of a continuum bounded by two design strategies--methods improvement and the IDEALS concept.

       For me, automated hospital information system is the most accurate way of managing important documents and files in the health care settings. It provides an easy way of attending the paper based environment to convert into less paper environment. It also lessen the time in working bases. Healthcare is a very important part of our society and it is imperative for healthcare providers to do their jobs in an efficient and effective manner. Each day hundreds of thousands of patients enter healthcare facilities challenging the administration to run the show smoothly. The employees have to manage and integrate clinical, financial and operational information that grows with the practice. Previously, this data was organized manually, which was time consuming and failed to deliver the desired level of efficiency. Most professionally run hospitals and clinics now rely on hospital information systems ( HIS ) that help them manage all their medical and administrative information.

             An effective HIS also delivers benefits such as:

• enhances information integrity
• reduces transcription errors
• reduces duplication of information entries
• optimizes report turnaround times

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Safety and Health Benefits for Telecommuting Nurses

       For years Nurses have provided comfort, contact, and council to the sick, the hurt, and the dying. To do this, they needed to be face-to-face with their patients. Today, many Nurses may still need to have a lot of that face-to-face contact, but there are many times where they may just need to monitor their patients' conditions or perform administrative activities. With today's technology they could perform more and more of their work, both patient-related and paperwork-related from their homes.

(http://www.gilgordon.com/telecommutesafe/telenursing/nursesafe.html)

        Nowadays, it had been made to be a less paper environment because of the different systems that was introduced in our settings, even in local. There is a proposal called home health care system in which clients would not go to hospitals or clinic for consultation,instead they are visited by a healthcare professional/s in their home for consultation.It would mostly benefits the elderly, the young and the chronically ill.It is very ideal for patients with hypertension,alcohol intoxication and even smoke addiction. It has lesser cost in terms of money especially to those who are economically unstable. Furthermore it waste less in terms of time. You can do lots of things instead of going to the health center for a check-up. people might ask about the materials or machines will be used when in home system. Well of course the home must be equipped with the different equipments used for emergency cases. As models of health care delivery continues to change and new technologies emerge, telenursing practice will continue to evolve. In turn, as the scope of nursing practice expands, registered nurses will need to ensure that they need to possess the necessary technical and clinical competencies to practice telenursing safely, competently, compassionately and ethically. -cLaire =))