Healthcare information system: The levels of computerization
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 7, Issue 9
Abstract
Health information systems refer to any system that captures, stores, manages or transmits information related to the health of individuals or the activities of organizations that work within the health sector. This definition incorporates things such as district level routine information systems, disease surveillance systems, and also includes laboratory information systems, hospital patient administration systems (PAS) and human resource management information systems (HRMIS). Health information systems serve multiple users and a wide array of purposes that can be summarized as the generation of information to enable decision-makers at all levels of the health system to identify problems and needs, make evidence-based decisions on health policy and allocate scarce resources optimally. Data from different sources are used for multiple purposes at different levels of the health care system. Hospitals are becoming more reliant on the ability of hospital information system (HIS) to assist in the diagnosis, management and education for better and improved services and practices. In health organization such as hospitals, implementation of HIS inevitable due to many mediating and dominating factors such as organization, people and technology. This paper discusses the levels of computerization and related factors.
Authors and Affiliations
Parvaneh Ezzat Aghajari| PhD student in nursing, Tabriz faculty of nursing and midwifery, Tabriz University of medical science, email : p.aghajari@gmail.com, Hadi Hassankhani| Assistant Professor, Faculty member of medical surgical nursing Department, Tabriz faculty of nursing and midwifery, Tabriz University of medical science, Zahra Shaykhalipour| PhD student in nursing, Tabriz faculty of nursing and midwifery, Tabriz University of medical science
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