Hospital Information Systems

Cancer Registry

2007-12-22T17:31:03Z

Provide usage to produce clinical and market intelligence that contributes to the growth and success of a cancer program.

The following has been extracted from a recent RFP. I've included it here for your reference. It may prove useful for anyone preparing such a document.
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CCHIT Ambulatory EHR Certification Criteria

2008-05-26T14:54:44Z

CCHIT

The Certification Commission is a recognized certification body for electronic health records and their networks, and a private, nonprofit initiative. CCHIT Certified electronic health records (EHR) assure customers —physicians and other providers— and others in the marketplace —payers, purchasers and consumers— that certified products meet all basic criteria for functionality, interoperability and security.

Following are the Final Ambulatory EHR criteria...

Introduction to Clinical Information Systems

2007-06-30T15:46:55Z

Clinical Information Systems provide a clinical data repository that stores clinical data such as the patient’s history of illness and the interactions with care providers. The repository encodes information capable of helping physicians decide about the patient’s condition, treatment options, and wellness activities as well as the status of decisions, actions undertaken and other relevant information that could help in performing those actions.

Nursing Care and Management

2007-12-22T17:17:24Z

The module should handle all the processes involved in the daily transactions that occur in a ward, these transactions involve test requisitions placed for the patient, medicines consumed by the patient, bedside procedures performed, medical equipment connected to the patient , and recording of all visits by the doctor.
Furthermore, the nursing module should allow for the capturing of nursing assessment data, nursing plans and checklists, nursing charting/progress notes, nurse management / rostering and nursing quality assurance. All of these are essential as the patient’s physical condition throughout the hospital stay needs to be recorded, nursing plans and checklists would help in the quality of care provided by nurses as well as the effective management of nursing resources throughout the hospital.
The application should enable managers and heads of all groups to create detailed, accurate, on-line work schedules for their staff. The required software should provide all information necessary to simplify staffing and scheduling.
Authorized schedule makers should be able to experiment with draft schedules on-line before creating a final schedule.

The following has been extracted from a recent RFP. I've included it here for your reference. It may prove useful for anyone preparing such a document.

Please feel free to comment on this list, and propose any items that you think should have been included in this list.

Physicians Access and Notes

2007-12-22T16:45:39Z

The purpose of the module is to provide physicians associated with the Hospital, an easy mean of communicating with the ‘Hospital Information System’. Simultaneously the system should provide a facility for the Doctors to organize their notes and activities within the Hospital.