DESIGNING A TOTAL HOSPITALWIDE INFORMATION SYSTEM

This paper is a general description of the elements and components of a Total Hospital-wide Information System (THIS) for a typical general hospital. It is a guide to the development of a typical system and is not meant to be all-inclusive nor should it be taken as a project brief or specifications for a system.


A Total Hospital-wide Information System is an attempt to provide a mechanism for the sharing of information between all the functional units of a hospital using modern information technology.

It is more appropriate, effective and efficient to design systems around functions rather than locations or administrative divisions of services. Before any system is developed it is imperative that the functions of a hospital is analysed by answering the following questions:
 What is a hospital?
 What business is it in?
 What services does it provide?
 To whom are the services provided?......

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Title: Business Plan
Approximate Word Count: 1755
Approximate Pages: 8 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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