title: Implementation of Consolidated HIS: Improving Quality and Efficiency of Healthcare.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Adoption of hospital information systems offers distinctive advantages in healthcare delivery. First, implementation of consolidated hospital information system in Seoul National University Hospital led to significant improvements in quality of healthcare and efficiency of hospital management.
  
  
  METHODS
  THE HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM IN SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CONSISTS OF COMPONENT APPLICATIONS: clinical information systems, clinical research support systems, administrative information systems, management information systems, education support systems, and referral systems that operate to generate utmost performance when delivering healthcare services.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Clinical information systems, which consist of such applications as electronic medical records, picture archiving and communication systems, primarily support clinical activities. Clinical research support system provides valuable resources supporting various aspects of clinical activities, ranging from management of clinical laboratory tests to establishing care-giving procedures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Seoul National University Hospital strives to move its hospital information system to a whole new level, which enables customized healthcare service and fulfills individual requirements. The current information strategy is being formulated as an initial step of development, promoting the establishment of next-generation hospital information system.
authors.affiliation: Medical Information Center, Seoul, Korea.
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