... the computerised assessment, a clinical pharmacologist reviewed the report and wrote an expert opinion. The advice was sent to the responsible physician at each unit, and the decision to consider taking action was up to him/her. Pharmacology Elderly people Medicines Information systems Sweden Health...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Patients Safety Information systems Quality improvement New Zealand Auckland District Health Board (DHB) chair, Pat Snedden, who chairs the national Quality Improvement Committee, expressed optimism for achievement of the primary...

...Jeffrey P. Harrison; Geoffrey M. McDowell Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the status of US hospital Laboratory Information Systems. Laboratory Information Systems are critical to high quality healthcare service provision. Data show that the need for these systems is growing...

...Abekah Nkrumah Gordon; Robert Ebo Hinson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to argue for a theoretical framework by which development of computer based health information systems (CHIS) can be made sustainable. Health Management and promotion thrive on well‐articulated CHIS. There are high...

... of an electronic adverse incident‐recording system into the potential benefits and restrictions was undertaken. Articles containing both information systems and quality costs were reviewed in order to explore the potential of linking information against patient safety issues. Findings The paper finds...

... and accountability act (HIPAA) regulatory requirements. Robust healthcare information systems (HCIS) become critical to enabling healthcare organizations address these challenges. Hence, it becomes an imperative need that the information that is captured, generated and disseminated by these HCIS be of the highest...

... were once again verified by the staff of a large US hospital. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Decision making Design Group discussions Hospitals Information systems An effective and efficient hospital emergency facility must accommodate the needs and concerns of patients/family members...

... for spreadsheet templates. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Database management Health care Information systems Quality assurance Spreadsheets One common way of designing a database architecture for quality assurance/improvement is to take the current QA report form and identify database fields...

...; and interpretation and explanation of the results. Such a module designed for primary health care has been installed on a PC in the health manager′s office. Data enter the information system through the standard DBMS procedures, followed by calculating a number of different indicators and the time series...

... in the health care environment. Concludes by discussing the implications of the framework for managers and by providing direction for future research within the context of the framework. INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROCESS CONTROL QUALITY ASSURANCE A FRAMEWORK FOR MEASURING QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE 25 N ew...

... diseases and in the charting of respiratory care. HEALTH CARE USA INFORMATION SYSTEMS QUALITY MANAGEMENT INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH CARE'S QUALITY MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: THE HELP SYSTEM 27 T he HELP System's contribution to gathering, analysing and reporting data as part of quality improvement is reviewed...