Clinical information systems like documentation systems, medication administration systems, laboratory information systems, radiology information systems and emergency department information systems were employed.
2. Health information management systems was used while DHS carried out the investigation and later when the family's lawyer requested for the patient's chart. HIM professionals or other staffs in the records department would have accessed the system.
HR systems were employed to evaluate the performance of the staff members involved in the care and lead to the human error. Incident reporting …show more content…
LIS was also used in performing the blood,urine test and the blood transfusion. Physicians, nurses, laboratory technologists and lab assistants accessed these systems.
Radiology Information system was used to obtain the X-ray reports and the CT scans. Diagnostic imaging professionals and other Health care providers accessed the systems.
Emergency department information system (EDIS) was used to investigate the staff to patient and staff to staff communication which probably lead to the human error. It also provided insight on the long wait time. Hospital administrators and department managers access the EDIS.
3. Establishment of Health information standards allow the flow of information between each of the systems possible. The standard ensures functional and semantic interoperability along with protecting the security of the data collected.
Data messaging standards allow exchange of electronic data between the systems. Examples include HL7 and