Question

Describe the relationship of foundational HIS to the research, policy, and publiv health layer in the HIS model.

In which ways are these two reliant on each other? List at least three ways.

Answer 1

Answer:

Foundation of HIS:

A hospital information system (HIS) is an element of health informatics that focuses mainly on the administrational needs of hospitals. In many implementations, an HIS is a comprehensive, integrated information system designed to manage all the aspects of a hospital's operation, such as medical, administrative, financial, and legal issues and the corresponding processing of services. Hospital information system is also known as hospital management software (HMS) or hospital management system.

Answer:

The database is the main source of research. A person can get the study sample from the HIS directly. They can choose the target population and contact them for more information.

The benefits of HIS are the following:

• Efficient and accurate administration of finance, diet of patient, engineering, and distribution of medical aid. It helps to view a broad picture of hospital growth
• Improved monitoring of drug usage, and study of effectiveness. This leads to the reduction of adverse drug interactions while promoting more appropriate pharmaceutical utilization.
• Enhances information integrity, reduces transcription errors, and reduces duplication of information entries.^[2]
• Hospital software is easy to use and eliminates error caused by handwriting. New technology computer systems give perfect performance to pull up information from server or cloud servers.

So the three ways are

1) by choosing the study population from the HIS

2) segregation of the population by the age and sex

3) follow up details of the study population and so on.