Volume : VIII, Issue : II, February - 2019

User Perspectives Of Hospital Information System In A Quaternary Hospital

Kumud Dogra

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Health care sector is rapidly adopting information technology to deliver effective & efficient health care to its clients. A hospital information system (HIS) is a comprehensive, integrated information system designed to manage the administrative, financial & clinical aspects of a hospital. A cross sectional descriptive study was done to explore the existing HIS & its user perspectives in a quaternary hospital.  Convenience sampling technique was used to select 30 users who were administered the HIS assessment tool. Analysis was done using descriptive sampling 60%respondents were ward inventory incharges followed by 30%reception/registration staff. 53% had less than 5 yrs of health care experience.43.3 % had more than one year of working experience on the HIS module. 60 % rated the module as good. 60 % respondents felt that the training provided on HIS module was inadequate. 36.6% respondents did not feel that HIS provides updated information.  The majority of users find HIS user friendly. Difficulty in updating information, lack of integration of aspects such as diet requisition, linen management etc were the key areas of concern

 

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USER PERSPECTIVES OF HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM IN A QUATERNARY HOSPITAL, Kumud Dogra INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-2 | February-2019

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