As healthcare costs increase, there is a need for healthcare service providers to look for ways to contain costs and to improve the service level. Due to the limited resources, it is difficult to create value in the physical value chain, so the health care industry should focus on using information system. This paper introduces the virtual value chain evolution in health care industry, the up-t...

OBJECTIVE To review the requirements and functions of clinical information systems for the critical care environment. DATA SOURCES Peer reviewed studies and articles reported from 1990-1998, identified through MEDLINE search and subsequent article references. SUMMARY OF REVIEW Clinical information systems (CIS) utilise information technologies to improve and add value to information managem...

The objective of this study is to formulate a clearer picture of how a regional healthcare information system affects the completeness of patient health care and health care delivery. The purpose is to study how the implementation of regional health information systems has influenced outcomes in health care delivery in one hospital area in Finland. The essential concepts in this study are healt...

Demonstrating the value of computerized clinical information systems (CIS) relative to its cost has been difficult. Decreased mortality in the intensive care unit or a reduction in nursing staff have not been apparent, but CIS does lead to a significant improvement in documentation over handwritten flowsheets, both in volume and accuracy. This may have a medicolegal and quality assurance impact...