Chapter 19

With the voluminous data that the healthcare industry must process this, a system must be employed to improve work efficiency and effectiveness, hence the use of the _______.

A set of components and procedures organized with the objective of generating  information which will improve healthcare management decisions at all levels of the health system.

A helath information system has (4) functions:

HIS structure is grouped into (2) components

What component of the  HIS structure;

encompassess the the component of gathering, transferring, processing and analyzing data, and presenting information for use of decision-making.

What component of the  HIS structure;

involves components like the information systems resources, humans, and supplies which are utilized  in a way that produce high quality and timely information for decision making, and a set of organizational rules, whicha re necessary to ensure optimal use of HIS resources.