Clinical engineering's involvement with a computerized hospital information system.
This paper describes a computerized Hospital Information System (HIS) installed in Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center along with the Clinical Engineering Department's involvement in the minor and major maintenance of the 48 data stations consisting of terminals and printers. This paper also includes a summary of maintenance man-hour distribution, data station repair problems and the type of repair equipment and personnel needed to maintain hospital computer systems.
D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000592:standards*; D002140:California; D003201:Computers; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*