Title: Hospital information management system: an evolutionary knowledge management perspective

Authors: S. Wadhwa, Avneet Saxena, Bharat Wadhwa

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016, India. ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016, India. ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016, India

Abstract: The evolving paradigm shift resulting from IT, social and technological changes has created a need for developing an innovative knowledge-based healthcare system, which can effectively meet global healthcare system demands and also cater to future trends. The Hospital Information Management System (HIMS) is developed with this sole aim in mind, which helps in processing and management of hospital information not only inside the boundary, but also beyond the hospital boundary, e.g., telemedicine or e-healthcare. The purpose of this paper is to present such kind of functional HIMS, which can efficiently satisfy the current and future system requirements by using Knowledge Management (KM) and data management systems. The HIMS is developed in a KM context, wherein users can share and use the knowledge more effectively. The proposed system is fully compatible with future technical, social, managerial and economical requirements.

Keywords: hospital information management systems; HIMS; knowledge management; KM; data management; electronic healthcare; e-healthcare; telemedicine; patient care data; healthcare informatics.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEH.2007.013103

International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, 2007 Vol.3 No.2, pp.232 - 260

Published online: 07 Apr 2007 *

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