NCM 110 - HIS Flashcards
Sometimes called a medical information system
(MIS) or patient care system (PCS)
HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
provide
support for a wide range of both administrative
and clinical functions.
HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
3 SEMICLINICAL MODULES
ADT MODULE, RESULTS REPORTING AND OE MODULE
monitors and sometimes controls
the flow of patients in a hospital from admission to
discharge
ADT
order entry results reporting module.
Means that staff nurses can enter laboratory,
pharmacy and radiology orders online
OE
means that the lab, pharmacy
and radiology can enter the results into the
computer system and have those results available to
the nursing units. (paperless systems)
RESULTS REPORTING
5 CLINICAL SUPPORT MODULES
CHARTING SYSTEMS, POINT OF SERVICE SYSTEMS, LABORATORY, PHARMACY and
RADIOLOGY MODULES
Online charting usually
included are the medication administration
reports, admission assessment, shift assessment,
special assessment (neurologic, labor), NCP, VS
records, wound and hygienic care records
CHARTING SYSTEMS
is a special type of clinical system.
Uses a handheld or bedside PC to ensure that data
are entered at the point at which they are
collected
(POS) or point of
care system
Is a network of networks. This is a collection of thousands of networks linked by a common set of technical protocols that make it possible for users of anyone of the networks to communicate with or use the services located on any of the other networks.
THE INTERNET
T OR F: It began in 1968 with Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET)
T