Health information system
Health Information System
A Health Information System (HIS) is an integrated system designed to manage the medical and administrative aspects of a healthcare organization. It is a complex structure that involves the collection, processing, and management of health-related data and information.
Pronunciation
Health Information System: /ˈhɛlθ ɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈsɪstəm/
Etymology
The term "Health Information System" is a compound noun. "Health" is derived from the Old English hǣlth, meaning "wholeness, a being whole, sound or well." "Information" comes from the Latin informare, meaning "to shape, form," and "system" comes from the Latin systema, meaning "an organized scheme or method."
Related Terms
- Electronic Health Record (EHR): An electronic version of a patient's medical history, maintained by the provider over time.
- Health Information Exchange (HIE): The process of electronically sharing patient-level information between different organizations within a region, community, or hospital system.
- Medical Informatics: The interdisciplinary study of the design, development, adoption, and application of IT-based innovations in healthcare services delivery, management, and planning.
Function
A Health Information System is used to collect, store, manage, and transmit a patient's electronic medical record (EMR), a hospital's operational management, or a system supporting healthcare policy decisions. It can be composed of many different types of tasks, including:
- Patient data documentation
- Clinical decision support systems
- Order entry systems
- Patient scheduling systems
- Billing and financial systems
Benefits
Health Information Systems provide numerous benefits, such as improving efficiency, quality of care, patient safety, and facilitating data exchange among healthcare providers.
Challenges
Despite the benefits, there are also challenges in implementing Health Information Systems, including cost, privacy and security issues, and resistance from healthcare providers.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Health information system
- Wikipedia's article - Health information system
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