HIS Lesson 9

Question 1

is a computer system
structured to manage all the records of health care
providers to make available information and reports
useful to health care personnel in doing their job more
efficiently

Answer 1

Hospital Information system

Question 2

are
developed to enhance patient care by
providing nurses with accurate information
to assist them in performing their duties
more efficiently. carries out
numerous functions including the handling
of personnel schedules, accurate patient
charting, and better clinical data
integration

Answer 2

Nursing information system (NIS)

Question 3

are designed
to improve the practice of physicians.
Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) and
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are some
programs where PIS is deployed and
extensively used. Most systems offer
support 24/7 to facilitate easier usage of
the system by health care professionals

Answer 3

Physician Information System

Question 4

are capable
of providing billing services and
appointment scheduling aside from
reporting and database storage.
Technological advances have made the
practice of radiology more complicated
such that more and more hospitals turn to
RIS to address the commercial concerns of
their radiology departments.

Answer 4

Radiology Information System (RIS)

Question 5

s help
monitor the utilization of medicines in
health institutions. The system also handles
information on medication-related
complications and drug allergies of patients

Answer 5

Pharmacy Information Systems (PIS)

Question 6

HIS is available for all
sizes and budgets.

Answer 6

Total cost of package

Question 7

the system is available on
the internet which means that authorized
personnel can access the information anywhere
and anytime

Answer 7

Web-based system

Question 8

during the
deployment or upgrade of the HIS, it is
imperative that the vendor provides ample
training and assistance to the users of the
system

Answer 8

Implementation and support

Question 9

was founded twenty-five years ago.
Its very first hospital project was completed in
1994. The goal of the company is to improve
work efficiency in health care institutions
through software systems, and to produce
advanced solutions for better patient care

Answer 9

BIZBOX Inc.

Question 10

specializes in
application development for hospitals,
industrial clinics, and medical-related
educational institutions in the Philippines. Their
products Visual MEDSYS for hospitals and
MEDSCHO for schools provide integrated,
comprehensive, and proven solutions for
efficient health care practices.

Answer 10

KCCI MEDSYS
- Kaiser-dela Cruz Consulting, Inc.

Question 11

is a Philippine based software development company that was
established in 1999, with a vision to be a global
technology company. Comlogik led the way in
developing innovative applications like online
hospital services where patients can access
their billings and examination results, while the
administrators can access reports and the
doctors can access patients’ records anywhere
and anytime.

Answer 11

COMLOGIK
- Comlogik Business Systems, Inc

Question 12

Becomes more efficient through the HIS
because the manual retrieval of information is
no longer needed

Answer 12

Help Desk

Question 13

Managers and employees can access work
schedules from anywhere they are and
effectively discuss their scheduling preferences
through the HIS

Answer 13

Scheduling

Question 14

Form records the name, age, gender, marital
status, and other relevant information
regarding the patient

Answer 14

Patient Registration

Question 15

Before a patient is admitted to a health facility,
an admissions counselor will call him o her to
gather preliminary information, offer vital
information concerning the hospital stay and
answer questions if there are any.

Answer 15

Admission

Question 16

Through the HIS, instructions that accompany a
patient’s discharge or transfer are more
efficiently provided

Answer 16

Discharge

Question 17

• Means movement (along with the discharge) of
  an individual outside of the hospital premises at
  the instruction of any authorized hospital
  personnel.
• If a patient is transferred from the ER,
  employees must fulfill the statutory
  requirements for a proper switch.

Answer 17

Transfer

Question 18

Shows all records pertaining to the invoices,
payments and the current balance of a patient’s
account

Answer 18

Billing

Question 19

The process of managing
contract, creation, execution and analysis to
maximize the operational and financial
performance of an organization while reducing
financial risk

Answer 19

Contract Management

Question 20

Posting diagnostic medical packages for
inpatients, outpatients and emergencies
requires the same process; the difference is that
for emergencies this is called post-diagnostic
package deal

Answer 20

Package Deal Designer

Question 21

All laboratory report must possess common
elements as required by institutional and
company policies

Answer 21

Laboratory Reporting

Question 22

For identification and filing purposes

Answer 22

• Patient name and identification number or a
  unique patient identifier and identification
  number
• Name and address of the laboratory location
  where the test was performed
• Date report printed
• Test report date
• Name of doctor or legally authorized person
  ordering the test(s)

Question 23

Information about the specimen and the test itself

Answer 23

• Specimen source, when appropriate
• Date and time of specimen collection
• Laboratory accession number
• Name of the test performed
• Test results
• Abnormal test results
• Critical results

Question 24

is an official medical document that provides
the details of the requested radiology
examination and the procedure conducted by
the radiologist

Answer 24

Radiology Reporting

Question 25

Cardiology reports, like other lab reports,
contail important medical information based on
the test results of the patient which are set
against past medical records. Doctors are able
to write vascular reports much faster since
access and retrieval of information are made to
be more convenient through computer systems.

Answer 25

Cardiology Reporting

Question 26

is primarily concerned with planning,
identifying, purchasing, storing, receiving, and
distributing materials. Its purpose is to guarantee that the right and sufficient materials
are in the right location when needed.

Answer 26

Materials management

Question 27

isn’t limited to data
retrieval. It has become a platform for reporting
and controlling information valuable to the
institution. Recent technological advancements
help management reports to provide nonmonetary information which enables the
management to have an oversight of its
operations

Answer 27

Managing Reporting

Question 28

is a software that provides simplified
solutions to operations in health institutions
such as registration, accounting, inventory
management, tax management, among others.
Tally is easy to learn and can be implemented
with minimum resources. It is reportedly used
by over 1,000,000 entities across the globe.

Answer 28

Tally.ERP9