Hospital Management System

HIS functions 1 Display alerts for high risk medications (e.g. narcotics, sound-alike drugs, concentrated electrolytes) just prior to administration 2 Predict time to patient examination on admission 3 Record time to consultation after request from emergency department 4 Display real-time availability of patient beds 5 Flag and prioritize elderly and disabled patients 6 Provide electronic copy of patient records when requested (e.g. diagnosis list, lab test results, administered procedures, administered medications, discharge summary) 7 View all diagnostic test results including laboratory, radiology, pathology, nuclear medicine, endoscopy 8 Record times and performing staff of laboratory test samples throughout all laboratory phases i.e. sampling, accepting, analyzing, approving, and reporting 9 Display alerts for lab samples that do not meet acceptance criteria 10 Display alerts for laboratory tests that return panic values 11 Display reminders for internal and external lab quality control measures and keep their result for analyses 12 Record laboratory process problems (pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic) 13 Provide digital radiology images within internal network i.e. Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) 14 Monitor radiology appointment and reporting times 15 Support telemedicine applications 16 Monitor use of blood and blood products during order, preparation, acceptance, and implementation 17 Monitor blood and blood products stock and expiration date 18 Record disease severity as structured data (e.G. apache II, SAPS II, and PRISM) 19 Integrate nursing care plans into medical record 20 Record and integrate all clinical orders into medical record including laboratory test orders, medication orders, nursing care orders, nutrition therapy orders, rehabilitation therapy orders 21 Record and integrate all diagnostic, clinical, and surgical procedures into medical record including endoscopy, cardiac catheterization, radiotherapy, CT, and ultrasound 22 Record usage and monitor complications of anesthetic agents and sedatives administered outside of anesthesiology (e.g. endoscopy, cardiac catheterization, and IVF units) 23 Display clinical guidelines and provide alerts for deviations 24 Provide alerts for drug-drug interactions 25 Provide alerts for drug-food interactions 26 Provide alerts for drug-allergy interactions 27 Integrate Computerized Physician Order Entry 28 Provide alerts for patient education that is part of care plan or discharge plan 29 Record all patient education provided to patient 30 Record patient and staff safety events 31 Record emergency code alerts (e.g. Code Blue, Code White) and integrate with paging system 32 Record blood transfusion reactions as structured data 33 Monitor hospital key performance indicators automatically 34 Flag patients and warn staff of patients with risk of infection (e.g. HIV+, HepC+) 35 Monitor nosocomial infections and transmit surveillance data to national or international networks 36 Monitor and record sterilization processes including procedure date and time and material expiration date 37 Display real-time information necessary for unit managers including bed occupancy, waiting list, surgeries scheduled 38 Report periodically on operational statistics including monthly admissions, income-expenditure, services delivered 39 Provide alerts for devices that require periodic maintenance or calibration 40 Provide alerts for medications and medical supplies near expiration or at critically low stock levels