Hospital Information Management System

The information management plays an important role in the administration of hospitals. With the rapid development of information technology, the hospitals of our country are making more and more efforts to improve their information management; some set up special management organizations, others apply hospital information system in certain range. However, being short of systematic theoretical direction, its development is but in disorder, with the levels of hospital informatization being generally on the low level. Especially when compared with actual demand of the hospital information management and other trades, greater disparity exists.Therefore, it has become a very urgent request to construct and perfect the theoretical system of hospital information management at present. This essay takes the ultimate goal of information management of hospital as a main thread, and reviews briefly the characteristics of the hospital information and the current situation of hospital information management of our country. From two respects of the theory and practice the essay carries on a deep research on the institutional framework, personnel structure and the structure and function of hospital information system in hospital information management system. On basis of this, measures are suggested in the integration of all these elements in administration, pointing out how to transform information management into knowledge management. Particularly, this text includes the following content mainly:1. According to the change and development trend of the domestic and international medical modes, the goal system of the information management of the hospital is put forward, including phased goal and ultimate goal, with an introduction of the main content of the goal system. The current situation of domestic hospital information management is analyzed on basis of a brief, review of the development history of the domestic and international hospital information management, and as a result, the deficiency of the hospital information management system of our country has been pointed out.2. The essay introduces the concept, kinds and processing methods of three classes of the medical information that are involved in the information management of the hospital: verbal information, biological signal information and medical picture information. It divides the different levels of the functions of the hospital information and introduces its characteristics3. Based on the hospital information management theory as well as practical work, the position of the information organization in hospitals is divided into 3 levels, designing the organization structure and defining the functions of each department. The essay also explores the function of the information department in hospital and the reinforcement of self construction and development. It also discusses the quality and function of the chief information officer (CIO) and the information administrative staff of the basic and middle level.4. According to the function of the hospital information, the essay proposes the construction of hospital information systems that include business information system, management information system and decision analysis information system. On basis of this, the structure of the information system of the hospital is designed; it the function range is divided; and the function of every subsystem is introduced.5. On the basis of the study of every relevant element of the hospital information management, a view point concerning the integration of the elements of the system of hospital information management, arguing the necessity of the integration, and pointing out the principles that should be followed in the integration. The physical and logical structure of the hospital information management system has been designed and the corresponding measures on how to integrate the elements of information management system have been put forward.6. In the light of the development trend of knowledge economy, the essay argues that...