HECTIS Infographic - Emergency Centre / Trauma Unit Application introduction.

1. Hospital & Emergency Centre Tracking
Information System
Department of Health
Directorate: Information Management
Enquiries: Abdul G Gabier
What is HECTIS ?
 It follows the flow of a patient from entry into the EC until the patient
leaves the EC
 One of the first applications in the environment with active daily users that
range from Admin Clerks, Nurses as well as Clinicians
 The triage functionality in HECTIS is the most effective way to assess people
entering the emergency units across the province
 It prioritises treatment and distributes the workload for better utilization of
resources
 The interoperability and effective information sharing functionalities play a
pivotal role with decision support during the patient’s journey
 It is currently the only e-innovation in the public sector to
assist in managing an Emergency Centre
Operational Benefits
Proposed Solution
INTRODUCTION
 It is accepted that the Emergency centre is the cold face of the healthcare
service delivery platform at all levels of care from PHC to Specialised Care
 Overall management and efficiency of Emergency services directly impacts on
the quality of patient care outcomes
 Digitize the registers by following the patient flow through an
Emergency Centre Unit
 Assess the current registers and how it relates to the business
process flow of an Emergency Centre patient
 Map it to an electronic application with additional value-based
functionality for both patient and users
Three Facets to the Application
Patient
Interface
Clinician
Interface
Management
Interface
HECTIS Reports
40+ operational reports instantly available within the HECTIS application,
Such as:
 Waiting Times
 Triage accuracy
 Nursing Shift Handover Report
 Disease Burden (ICD coded)
Compiled by: Abdul G Gabier
Provides a platform for extracting:
 Real-time transactional data
from Historical data
 Basis for decision-making
 To have a system that auto generates a wealth of computable data that
influences planning and manages the needs and requirements of an Emergency
Centre