This is a simple presentation about Hospital Information System. The following are the contents. 1) What is a Hospital Information System? 2) Problems associated with paper-based systems 3) Purpose of the Hospital Information System 4) Functions 5) How it works? 6) System Requirements 7) Advantages This is my first uploaded presentation. Hope you guys like it.

1. HOSPITAL INFORMATION
SYSTEM
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2. Contents
What is a Hospital Information System?
 Problems encountered
 Purpose
 Functions
 How it works?
 System Requirements
 Advantages
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3. What is a Hospital Information System?
 It is an information system where data and information is handled in a hospital environment.
 It is basically designed to manage patients and the information related to them.
 The health status of the patients shall be gathered and predicted.
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4. Problems encountered
 Paper-based systems generally cause disadvantages and problems to hospital when handling data and
information.
 Safe recording the patient details cannot be guaranteed as they can be potentially destroyed by fire and
water.
 There are possible chances of misplacing data and information by the staffs.
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5. Purpose
 The main objective for designing this system is to manage patient data and information in centralized
way.
 This system shall replace the traditional methods of entering and storing data and information using
paper.
 To provide a better health service to patients with tremendous accuracy.
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6. Functions
 Make appointments with respective doctors.
 Manage staff and patient reservations.
 Conduct payments and other transactions online.
 Perform live conversations with doctors regarding about health tips.
 Manage staff and customer accounts within the information system.
 Upload and watch demo videos on the sicknesses and relevant cure.
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7. How it works?
 The hospital information system shall function as an online system spanning across the relevant hospital
network through the intranet.
 In this system, database servers are used to store information on the medicines that are required to cure
the relevant sicknesses.
 Appointments to the respective doctors shall be made online.
 It shall also be used to manage patient and payment records.
 Since this information system consumes the facilities of the World Wide Web, it can be constantly
updated for any necessary changes.
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8. System Requirements
 Operational Requirements
◦ Up-to-date factual information
◦ Necessary for day to day tasks
 Planning requirements
◦ Short- and long-term decisions about patient care
◦ Disaster recovery
◦ Decisions about hospital management
 Documentation Requirements
◦ The maintenance of records
◦ Accreditation
◦ Legal record
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9. System Requirements (contd.)
 Appointments for consulting a doctor.
 IT facilities for physical scanning such as ECG, and X-Ray.
 Hardware Requirements
◦ Computer Systems
◦ Wi-Fi Router
◦ Switch
◦ Ethernet Cables
◦ A Physical System Server
 Software Requirements
◦ Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 or CC
◦ Database Server (E.g. MySQL)
◦ Adobe Photoshop, Flash and Illustrator CS6 or CC
◦ JavaScript
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10. Advantages
 Reducing of paper-based work to enter and store medical records.
 Reducing medical errors caused by certain inaccuracies and doctor’s handwriting.
 Reducing medical costs and preventing any causes of re-testing.
 Reducing medical errors leading to health quality improvement.
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11. Thank You
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