外文文献--医院信息管理系统

- 1 - 1 Database

Databases offer great opportunities for productivity. In fact, in corporate libraries，

electronic databases are now considered more valuable than books and journals. However,

maintaining databases means users must make constant efforts to keep them from being

tampered with or misused.

1、Strategic uses

Databases help users to keep up to date and to plan for the future。 To support the needs of

managers and other business professionals, many organizations collect data from a variety of

internal and external databases。 This data is then stored in a special type of database called a

data warehouse。 A technique called data mining is often used to search these databases to look

for related information and patterns。

There are hundreds of databases available to help users with both general and specific

business purposes, including：

Business directories providing addresses, financial and marketing information, products，

and trade and brand names.

Demographic data， such as county and city statistics， current estimates on population and

income, employment statistics， census data , and so on.

Business statistical information, such as financial information on publicly traded

companies， market potential of certain retail stores， and other business data and information.

Text databases providing articles from business publications， press releases, reviews on

companies and products, and so on。

Web databases covering a wide range of topics including all of the above。 As mentioned

earlier， web search sites like Yahoo! Maintain extensive databases of available web sites。

2、Security

Precisely because databases are so valuable, their security has become a vital issue. As we

discussed in chapter 10, there are several database security concerns。 One concern is that

personal and private information about people stored in databases may be used for the wrong

purposes。 For instance, a person’s credit history or medical records might be used to make

hiring or promotion decisions。 Another concern is unauthorized users gaining access to a

database. For example， there have been numerous instances in which a computer virus has

been launched into a database or network。

Security may require putting guards in company computer rooms and checking the

identification of everyone admitted。 Some security systems electronically check fingerprints.

- 2 - Security is particularly important to organizations using WANs. Violations can occur without

actually entering secured areas. As mentioned in previous chapters, most major corporations

today use special hardware and software called firewalls to control access to their internal

networks。

2 Database Management System

A DataBase Management System （DBMS） is a software application which

allows the storage, retrieval, and manipulation of information in a prescribed

format。 One common form of organization is the table， which is formatted

by row （record） and column (field）。 For example， a table storing data

on animals might have a row for a cat， with fields for legs (4）, whiskers

（yes), type (mammal)， and so on。 Another row, for a snake, would contain

0, no， and reptile. The creator of the table must therefore anticipate any

characteristics which will need to be recorded。 In its purest form， a DBMS

does not allow for unformatted data. This restriction allows quick indexing,

sorting, and other data processing. Contrast this with 。

3 Hospital Management System

Medinous Hospital Management System is powerful, flexible and easy to use and has

designed and developed to deliver real conceivable benefits to hospitals and clinics. And more

importantly it is backed by reliable and dependable Medinous support.

1、Registration

The Registration module is an integrated patient management system， which captures

complete and relevant patient information。 The system automates the patient administration

functions to have better and efficient patient care process.

• Patient Registration Details

• Inpatient and Outpatient Registration

• Medical Alerts Details

• Appointment Scheduling (Patient / Doctor wise)

• Doctor's Schedule Summary

• Doctors Daily Schedule List

• Patient Visit History

• Medical Record Movements

• Appointments for Radiology tests and Operation Theatre

• Patient Visit Slip

• Sponsorship Details

- 3 - It provides for enquiries about the patient， the patient's location, admission, and appointment

scheduling and discharge details。 Furthermore， this system even takes care of package deals

for a patient for a fixed cost。 Medical Record keeps an abstract of clinical data about patients.

It allows easy retrieval of medical records on patients.