Healthc Inform Res.  2012 Mar;18(1):74-83. 10.4258/hir.2012.18.1.74.

Smart Information System for Gachon University Gil Hospital

• Park DK
• Jung EY
• Jeong BH
• Moon BC
• Kang HW
• Tchah H
• Han GS
• Cheng WS
• Lee YH

• KMID: 2166620
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4258/hir.2012.18.1.74

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
In this research, the hospital information system of Gachon University Gil hospital is introduced and a future strategy for hospital information systems is proposed.
METHODS
This research introduces the development conditions of hospital information system at Gachon University Gil hospital, information about the development of the enterprise resource planning (ERP), a medical service process improvement system, and the personal health record (PHR) system.
RESULTS
The medical service process and work efficiency were improved through the medical service process improvement system, which is the most common hospital information system at Gachon University Gil hospital and which includes an emergency medical service system, an online evaluation system and a round support system.
CONCLUSIONS
Gachon University Gil hospital developed medical service improvement systems to increase work efficiency of medical team and optimized the systems to prove the availability of high-quality medical services for patients and their families. The PHR-based personalized health care solution is under development and will provide higher quality medical service for more patients in the future.

Keyword

Hospital Information System; Quality of Health Care; Electronic Medical Record; Personal Health Record; Management Information System

MeSH Terms

Delivery of Health Care
Electronic Health Records
Emergency Medical Services
Health Records, Personal
Hospital Information Systems
Humans
Information Systems
Management Information Systems
Quality of Health Care

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  Figure 1 Architecture of Gil hospital information system. EMR: electronic medical record, PACS: picture archiving and communication system, GW: group-ware, FI: finance, SCM: supply chain management, ABC: activity based management, DW: data warehousing, ERP: enterprise resource planning, OCS: order communication system.

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  Figure 2 Hardware structure of Gil hospital information system. OCS: order communication system, EMR: electronic medical record, ERP: enterprise resource planning, DW: data warehousing, PACS: picture archiving and communication system.

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  Figure 3 Software structure of Gil hospital information system. OCS: order communication system, EMR: electronic medical record, PACS: picture archiving and communication system.

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  Figure 4 Emegency system structure. SMS: short message service, RFID: radio frequency identification.

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  Figure 5 Emergency patient announcement system.

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  Figure 6 Emergency medical statistics service.

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  Figure 7 System composition of round support system.

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  Figure 8 Structure of round support system. I/O: input/output, EMR: electronic medical record.

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  Figure 9 Output displays of of u-CAREnote.

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