This presentation gives a glimpse to HIS, EMR and Health Informatics. This is presented by me for clinical service providers.

1. Khalid C
Asst. Manager
InformationTechnology
Hospital Information Systems (HIS) and
Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

2. What is health information system?
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It is a system for the
collection/processing of data from various sources,
and using the information for policy making and
management of health services.
It could be paper-based or electronic.
It is a discipline at the intersection of information science,
computer science, and health care.
Systematic Storage and Retrieval of Medical Records

3. What Is A Medical Record?
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A record or documentation of a patient’s
medical history,
examination,
and treatments.

4. What Is A Medical Record?
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Systematic documentation of a single patient's medical
history and care across time within one particular health care
provider.
The medical record includes
variety of types of "notes" entered by Physicians,
recording observations and administration of drugs and
therapies,
Laboratory test results, reports
demographics, medical history, medication and allergies,
 immunization status, radiology images,
vital signs, intake, output, observations

5. Why do we need a Medical record?
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In other words, why do we
need a documentation of a
patient’s medical care?

6. Potential Uses of Medical Records
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Continuity of providing care
Note important information for later use
Especially important in chronic diseases (e.g. hypertension,
diabetes) or in follow-up (e.g. after surgery)
Patient safety
Preventing something bad because of lack of information
Such as drug allergies, list of current medications, “problem
list”

7. Hospital Functions
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8. Potential Uses of Medical Records
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Communications between
providers
Referral to specialists or
other physicians
Consulting among
physicians
Communications between
physicians and nurses,
pharmacists, physical
therapists, etc.
Transfer from a hospital to
another

9. Potential Uses of Medical Records
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Medico-legal purposes
e.g. Court evidence
against malpractice
What was done or
provided to the patient?
Why? By whom? When?
Was the care provided up
to the professional
standard?

10. Potential Uses of Medical Records
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Clinical research
Find ways to improve
health care through new
knowledge

11. Potential Uses of Medical Records
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Claims and reimbursements
What services were provided to the patient
How (and how much) will the hospitals/doctors be paid?
Audit of medical records by “payers”
Patient’s uses
Health insurance claims
 Self-education & self-care

12. What is an Electronic Medical Record
(EMR)?
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Electronic medical records contain the same information as
your paper record but in an electronic form. This
information is accessible to your health care providers
through computers located throughout the Hospital.
Electronic documentation of patient care and to improve the
process of patient care through better documentation

13. Advantages of EMR
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Physicians and nurses have more time to spend with patients.
Improved legibility, accuracy and completeness.
With an EMR there is less potential for medical errors as well as
improved quality and safety in patient care.
Allergies and adverse drug reactions are prominently displayed
Reminders are activated when certain health maintenance tests
and/or procedures are due
Your prescriptions are electronically ordered directly to your
pharmacy
EMR permits more than one user to access your record at the
same time.

14. Why We Need IT tools in Healthcare ?
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15. Why We Need IT tools in Healthcare ?
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Simplification of administrative processes such as Physician
Order Entry, eMAR
Creation and maintenance of electronic health records
(EHR)
Reduction in data gathering and processing costs
Standardization of health data, coding, reporting and
transmission of data
Communication among key stakeholders – patients,
physicians, nurses, administrators.

16. Health care is information-rich
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17. Why We Need Health IT
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Health care is very
complex
Quality of care depends on
timely availability & quality
of information
Clinical knowledge body is
too large
Short time during a visit

18. Benefits of Going Electronic (EMR)
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Ubiquitous availability
(anytime, anywhere,
everyone who is authorized)
Multiple concurrent uses
Ability to control & enforce
access security
Structured data entry possible
Data presentation that is
easier to understand (e.g.
graphs)
No handwriting!!!!!

19. Hospital Information System
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Master Patient Index (MPI)
Admit-Discharge-Transfer (ADT)
Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
Computerized Physician Order Entry(CPOE)
Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSSs)
Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS)
Nursing applications
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP))

20. Departmental Applications
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Pharmacy applications
LIS – Laboratory Information System
PACS - Picture Archiving and Communication System
RIS – Radiology Information System
Specialized applications
Emergency Room
Operation Theatre
Labor Room
Anesthesia, Critical Care, Blood Bank
E-Learning

21. Master Patient Index (MPI)
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A hospital’s list of all
patients
Registration of patients
Captures/updates patient
demographics
Bar-coded Registration
Cards

22. Admission-Discharge-Transfer
(ADT)
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Supports Admission, Discharge & Transfer of patients
(“patient management”)
Provides status/location of admitted patients
Used in assessing bed occupancy
Linked to billing, claims & reimbursements

23. Appointment Scheduling
• Records appointments
of patients
• Pre-specified number of
open slots
• Ability to
postpone/cancel
appointments
• Displays list of patients
with appointments in a
specific date
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24. Computerized Physician Order Entry
(CPOE)
• Physician directly orders
online
– medication
– Lab
– diagnostic
– imaging
• Nurse & pharmacy
process orders
accordingly
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25. Clinical Decision Support Systems
(CDSSs)
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The real place where most of the values of health IT can be achieved
Is an application that analyzes data to help healthcare providers make
clinical decisions.
Expert systems
Based on artificial intelligence, machine learning, rules, or statistics
 differential diagnoses
 treatment options
Alerts & reminders
Based on specified conditions
 drug-allergy checks,
 drug-drug interaction checks,
 drug-lab interaction checks,
 drug-formulary checks,
 reminders for preventive services or certain actions (e.g. smoking cessation)
Evidence-based knowledge sources e.g. drug database, literature

26. Clinical Decision Support Systems
(CDSSs)
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Four key functions of electronic clinical decision support systems are
outlined
Administrative: Supporting clinical coding and documentation,
authorization of procedures, and referrals.
Managing clinical complexity and details: Keeping patients on
research and chemotherapy protocols; tracking orders, referrals
follow-up, and preventive care.
Cost control: Monitoring medication orders; avoiding duplicate
or unnecessary tests.
Decision support: Supporting clinical diagnosis and treatment plan
processes; and promoting use of best practices, condition-specific
guidelines, and population-based management.

27. Nursing Documentation & Charting
• Intake Output Chart
• Diabetic Chart
• NeuroAssessment
• Daily NursingAssessment
• Vital Signs Record
• IV Fluid Charting
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28. Nursing Applications
• Document nursing assessments,
interventions & outcomes
• Facilitate charting & vital sign
recording
• Utilize standards in nursing
informatics
• Populate and documents care-
planning
• Support communication within
teams & between shifts
• Reduce paperwork / paper loss
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29. Pharmacy Applications
• Streamlines workflow from
medication orders to
dispensing and billing
• Reduces medication
errors, improves
medication safety
• Improves inventory
management
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30. Laboratory Information System
(LIS)
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Receives and processes lab
orders
Matches tube & specimen
Internal workflow within labs
Order processing
Specimen registration &
processing
Lab results validation &
reporting
Specimen inventory
Lab results viewing

31. Billing System
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Calculates service charges for services provided
Calculations based on patient’s insurance coverage and
eligibility
Records amount of money paid by the patient and remaining
amount
Sends information to accounting or Back Office ERP to send
reimbursement claims to insurance agencies

32. Imaging Applications
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Picture Archiving and
Communication System
(PACS)
Captures, archives, and
displays electronic images
captured from imaging
modalities
cardiology, endoscopy,
pathology, ophthalmology

33. PACS – (Picture Archiving and
Communication System )
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PACS enables x-ray and
scan images to be stored
electronically and viewed
on screens, helping to
improve diagnosis
methods.

34. Enterprise Resource Planning
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Finance
 Accounting
Budgeting
Cost control and
management
Materials Management
Procurement
Inventory management
Human Resources
Recruitment, evaluation,
promotion & disciplinary
actions
Payroll

35. Our Mission
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Electronic documentation of patient care and then by
become paperless
Patient care processes such as ordering
medications,
lab tests
x-rays
Viewing lab results and x- ray reports (among others)

36. What we have done ?
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Already working in Siemens HIS
Not completely paperless
Doing Consultation, Lab Order, Billing, Pharmacy Sales,
Nursing Notes, LIS
Implementation Stage of International Standard Compliant
HIS
Will completely migrated to new innovative HIS within 2
Months

37. Upcoming HIS - Features
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HL7 Standard
HL7, which is an abbreviation of Health Level Seven, is a
standard for exchanging information between medical
applications. This standard defines a format for the transmission
of health-related information.
CCHIT (Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology) certified in
2011
US patent for HIS : the only player in the Indian marketplace

38. Upcoming HIS Clients
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BLK Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi
Sree Gokulam Medical College, Trivandrum
BARC (Babha Atomic Research Centre) Hospital in Mumbai.
J J hospital Mumbai
NIMHANS Bangalore
St. Gregorios Medical Mission Hospital, Parumala.
Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Jalandhar
Sir Sundar Lal Hospital, Benaras Hindu University

39. HIS Demo
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Currently using HIS Consultation Module
Physician tasks
OP Consultation
Initial Examination Report
Followups
Lab Order / View
IP Progress Notes
Backlog MRD Viewer
OP / IP – Consultation Requests / Response
Drug Prescription
Discharge Summary
Referrals

40. HIS Demo
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