Many hospitals have systems in place and are now or will in

Many hospitals have systems in place and are now or will in the future face the task of determining which data in the previous system should be migrated or mapped to the new system. Look at this topic from both the health information management and information systems perspective. Select one or two systems, such as registration, admissions-discharges-transfers, billing, chart tracking, or release of information, and identify which data elements would need to be brought forward to a new system and why. Identify which data elements have long-term value for patient care and which data elements must be preserved and accessible but may not be actively used for patient care.

Solution

It is well aware that the success of the health care organization depends on the strong database system of the organization. Now days, we can observe that hospitals are focussing on the up gradation of their systems. It is important to retain the valuable information related to the patients for the future and discard the irrelevant information related to the patient which would not be used in future. It helps in retrieving the useful information easily any time in the future and beneficial for the patient too in providing the right care to the patient. We can evaluate the two systems which are admission of the patient and the discharge of the patient.

The admission related system includes lots of data elements like demographics, diagnosis, pharmacy, procedure, laboratory tests, and clinical services, etc. It is clear that all the information is important and may be needed in future, if the patient has and serious or chronic diseases. It is important to brought forward all the elements of the admission system to the new system for the future reference. If in case, the patient does not have any chronic diseases or just came for the routine test, or the information related to the test which are not useful for future may be discarded or do not need to upgrade in a new system.

Like admission system, discharge system is also very important because it gives all the information about the medical history and payment related information of the patient. It includes all the information related to a patient in the form of bill no, payment modes, demographic information, federal tax number, clinical services provided, patient’s security number, patient’s race and ethnicity, etc. In case of discharge system, It is important to retain the information related to demographic and payment details for the future reference. Race and ethnicity related information are irrelvant to upgrade in a new system.