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HELP: A Dynamic Hospital Information System

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  • © 1991

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Authors:
  1. Gilad J. Kuperman

    1. National Library of Medicine, LDS Hospital/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

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  2. Reed M. Gardner

    1. Department of Medical Informatics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
      Department of Medical Informatics, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, USA

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  3. T. Allan Pryor

    1. Department of Medical Informatics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
      Department of Medical Informatics, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, USA

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Table of contents (35 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Overview of the HELP System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. History of the HELP System

      • Gilad J. Kuperman, Reed M. Gardner, T. Allan Pryor
      Pages 3-13

    3. HELP System Hardware

      • Gilad J. Kuperman, Reed M. Gardner, T. Allan Pryor
      Pages 14-19

    4. The Data Dictionary and Data and File Structures

      • Gilad J. Kuperman, Reed M. Gardner, T. Allan Pryor
      Pages 20-33

    5. HELP System Interfaces

      • Gilad J. Kuperman, Reed M. Gardner, T. Allan Pryor
      Pages 34-52

    6. Decision Support on the HELP System

      • Gilad J. Kuperman, Reed M. Gardner, T. Allan Pryor
      Pages 53-67

    7. Current Usage of the HELP System

      • Gilad J. Kuperman, Reed M. Gardner, T. Allan Pryor
      Pages 68-72

  3. Administrative Functions on the HELP System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. Admit-Discharge-Transfer Functions

      • Gilad J. Kuperman, Reed M. Gardner, T. Allan Pryor
      Pages 75-81

    3. Medical Records Functions

      • Gilad J. Kuperman, Reed M. Gardner, T. Allan Pryor
      Pages 82-91

    4. Computerized Data in Quality Assurance

      • Gilad J. Kuperman, Reed M. Gardner, T. Allan Pryor
      Pages 92-107

    5. Surgery Scheduling

      • Gilad J. Kuperman, Reed M. Gardner, T. Allan Pryor
      Pages 108-113

    6. Miscellaneous Administrative Functions

      • Gilad J. Kuperman, Reed M. Gardner, T. Allan Pryor
      Pages 114-122

  4. Use of the HELP System in the Intensive and Acute Care Units

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
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    2. The HELP System in the Intensive Care Units

      • Gilad J. Kuperman, Reed M. Gardner, T. Allan Pryor
      Pages 125-128

    3. Nursing Information System

      • Gilad J. Kuperman, Reed M. Gardner, T. Allan Pryor
      Pages 129-152

    4. Computerized Respiratory Care Charting

      • Gilad J. Kuperman, Reed M. Gardner, T. Allan Pryor
      Pages 153-167

    5. The Pharmacy Application of the HELP System

      • Gilad J. Kuperman, Reed M. Gardner, T. Allan Pryor
      Pages 168-172

    6. The LDS Hospital Laboratory System

      • Gilad J. Kuperman, Reed M. Gardner, T. Allan Pryor
      Pages 173-189
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About this book

This monograph series is intended to provide medical information scien­ tists, health care administrators, health care providers, and computer sci­ ence professionals with successful examples and experiences of computer applications in health care settings. Through the exposition of these com­ puter applications, we attempt to show what is effective and efficient and hopefully provide some guidance on the acquisition or design of informa­ tion systems so that costly mistakes can be avoided. The health care industry is currently being pushed and pulled from all directions - from the clinical side to increase quality of care, from the busi­ ness side to improve financial stability, from the legal and regulatory sides to provide more detailed documentation, and, in a university environment, to provide more data for research and improved opportunities for educa­ tion. Medical information systems sit in the middle of all these demands. They are not only asked to provide more, better, and more timely informa­ tion but also to interact with and monitor the process of health care itself by providing clinical reminders, warnings about adverse drug interactions, alerts to questionable treatment, alarms for security breaches, mail mes­ sages, workload schedules, etc. Clearly, medical information systems are functionally very rich and demand quick response time and a high level of security. They can be classified as very complex systems and, from a devel­ oper's perspective, as 'risky' systems.

Authors and Affiliations

  • National Library of Medicine, LDS Hospital/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

    Gilad J. Kuperman

  • Department of Medical Informatics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

    Reed M. Gardner, T. Allan Pryor

  • Department of Medical Informatics, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, USA

    Reed M. Gardner, T. Allan Pryor

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