Evaluation Study of Different Strategies for Detecting Surgical Site Infections Using the Hospital Information System at Lyon University Hospital, France

2012 ◽  
Vol 255 (5) ◽  
pp. 896-900 ◽  
Author(s):  
Solweig Gerbier-Colomban ◽  
Monique Bourjault ◽  
Jean-Charles Cêtre ◽  
Jacques Baulieux ◽  
Marie-Hélène Metzger
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Hospital Information System ◽  
Surgical Site Infections ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
University Hospital

scholarly journals Variable clinical characteristics and laboratory results in five patients with Chinese Good's syndrome (thymoma and hypogammaglobulinemia): an 8-year retrospective analysis in a university hospital in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinyao Ni ◽  
Junwu Zhang ◽  
Yanxia Chen ◽  
Weizhong Wang ◽  
Jinlin Liu
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Lichen Planus ◽  
Hospital Information System ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Opportunistic Infections ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Ivig Treatment ◽  
Good’S Syndrome ◽  
Laboratory Results

Abstract Background Good's syndrome (GS) is a rare secondary immunodeficiency disease presenting as thymoma and hypogammaglobulinemia. Due to its rarity, the diagnosis of GS is often missed. Methods We used the hospital information system to retrospectively screen thymoma and hypogammaglobulinemia patients at the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University from Apr 2012 to Apr 2020. The clinical, laboratory, treatment, and outcome data for these patients were collected and analyzed. Results Among the 181 screened thymoma patients, 5 thymoma patients with hypogammaglobulinemia were identified; 3 patients had confirmed diagnoses of GS, and the other 2 did not have a diagnosis of GS recorded in the hospital information system. A retrospective review of the clinical characteristics, laboratory results, and follow-up data for these 2 undiagnosed patients confirmed the diagnosis of GS. All 5 GS patients presented with pneumonia, 2 patients presented with recurrent skin abscesses, 2 patients presented with recurrent cough and expectoration, 1 patient presented with recurrent oral lichen planus and diarrhea, and 1 patient presented with tuberculosis and granulomatous epididymitis. In the years after the diagnosis of hypogammaglobulinemia with mild symptoms, all 5 patients had received irregular intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) treatment. As the course of the disease progressed, the clinical symptoms of all patients worsened, but the symptoms were partly resolved with IVIG in these patients. However, 4 patients died due to comorbidities. Conclusion GS should be investigated as a possible diagnosis in thymoma patients who present with hypogammaglobulinemia, especially those with recurrent opportunistic infections, recurrent skin abscesses, chronic diarrhea, or recurrent lichen planus.

A Three-Level Graph-Based Model for the Management of Hospital Information Systems

1995 ◽  
Vol 34 (04) ◽  
pp. 378-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Winter ◽  
R. Haux
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Processing ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Hospital Information System ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Hospital Information Systems ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
University Hospitals ◽  
Application Systems ◽  
Graph Based Model

Abstract:Information processing in hospitals, especially in university hospitals, is currently faced with two major issues: low-cost hardware and progress in networking technology leads to a further decentralization of computing capacity, due to the increasing need for information processing in hospitals and due to economic restrictions, it is necessary to use, commercial software products. This leads to heterogeneous hospital information systems using a variety of software and hardware products, and to a stronger demand for integrating these products and, in general, for a dedicated methodology for the management of hospital information systems to support patient care and medical research. We present a three-level graph-based model (3LGM) to support the systematic management of hospital information systems. 3LGM can serve as a basis for assessing the quality of information processing in hospitals. 3LGM distinguishes between a procedural level for describing the information procedures (and their information interchange) of a hospital information system and thus its functionality, a logical tool level, focusing on application systems and communication links, and a physical tool level with physical subsystems (e.g., computer systems) and data transmission. The examples that are presented have been taken from the Heidelberg University Hospital Information System.

Role of an Effective Hospital Information System in a Depressed Economy

1997 ◽  
Vol 36 (02) ◽  
pp. 141-143
Author(s):  
J. A. Olabode ◽  
A. A. Osunlaja
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information System ◽  
Hospital Information System ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Economic Use

Abstract:This work is based on practical experience acquired in the development of a hospital information system in a university hospital in Nigeria. The paper discusses how accurate, adequate and timely medical data can promote economy in health-care delivery in a depressed economy. Existing constraints are identified and solutions offered for an effective hospital information system. An effort has been made to illustrate how the application of informatics technology can be cost effective in the long-term, by ensuring effective and economic use of facilities and resources. Once an effective hospital information is operative, provision of affordable health care in a depressed economy would be feasible. To this end, the need for cooperation between countries to support technology and manpower is emphasized.

Comparing a Japanese and a German Hospital Information System

2009 ◽  
Vol 48 (06) ◽  
pp. 531-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Ißler ◽  
A. Winter ◽  
K. Takabayashi ◽  
F. Jahn
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Hospital Information System ◽  
Reference Model ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Hospital Information Systems ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Structural Quality ◽  
German Hospital ◽  
Cross Cultural Comparison

Summary Objectives: To examine the architectural differences and similarities of a Japanese and German hospital information system (HIS) in a case study. This cross-cultural comparison, which focuses on structural quality characteristics, offers the chance to get new insights into different HIS architectures, which possibly cannot be obtained by inner-country comparisons. Methods: A reference model for the domain layer of hospital information systems containing the typical enterprise functions of a hospital provides the basis of comparison for the two different hospital information systems. 3LGM2 models, which describe the two HISs and which are based on that reference model, are used to assess several structural quality criteria. Four of these criteria are introduced in detail. Results: The two examined HISs are different in terms of the four structural quality criteria examined. Whereas the centralized architecture of the hospital information system at Chiba University Hospital causes only few functional redundancies and leads to a low implementation of communication standards, the hospital information system at the University Hospital of Leipzig, having a decentralized architecture, exhibits more functional redundancies and a higher use of communication standards. Conclusions: Using a model-based comparison, it was possible to detect remarkable differences between the observed hospital information systems of completely different cultural areas. However, the usability of 3LGM2 models for comparisons has to be improved in order to apply key figures and to assess or benchmark the structural quality of health information systems architectures more thoroughly.

scholarly journals 542. Hospital Information System in Osaka City University Hospital : Division of Therapeutic Radiology

1994 ◽  
Vol 50 (8) ◽  
pp. 1457
Author(s):  
Toshihiko Kimura ◽  
Susumu Murakami ◽  
Toshihide Nagase ◽  
Nobuhiko Shiizaki ◽  
Akio Izumi
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Hospital Information System ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Therapeutic Radiology
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