Questions and Answers of Health Information Systems

In Sect. 4.2, we introduced a three-dimensional classification of activities of management of information systems (Fig. 4.2). How would you describe the scope and tasks of the following activities of
Imagine you are the CIO of a hospital in which almost no computer-based tools are used. One of the hospital's goals is to support health care professionals in their daily tasks by offering up-to-date
In Sect. 4.8.1, we presented the structure of the strategic information management plan of Ploetzberg Hospital. Compare its structure to the general structure presented in Sect. 4.3.1.2, consisting
Look at the health information system's KPIs of Ploetzberg Hospital in Example 4.8.2. Try to figure out some of these numbers for a real hospital and compare both hospitals' KPIs in the form of a
Imagine you are the CIO and have to select the three most relevant indicators for the quality of your information system at your hospital: Which would you select? You can look at the examples in
You are asked to organize regular (e.g., every half year) quantitative user feedback on the general user satisfaction with major clinical application components of your hospital as part of health
Information systems managers can be partly compared to architects. Read the following statement and discuss similarities and differences between information system architects and building architects
Read the following case descriptions and discuss the integration problems using the types of integration presented in Sect. 5.3.4. Which negative effects for information logistics result from the
Read Examples 5.5.1 and 5.5.2 and determine which methods for collecting data (as described in Sects. 5.4.3 and 5.4.4) have been used.
Read Examples 5.5.1 and 5.5.2 and describe the chosen study design in more detail, using the description presented in Sect. 5.4.2. Try to explain for which types of study questions the RCT is the
In which of the health care settings above will the function medical admission need to be supported?
Consider a recent health-related situation you were involved in. Which life situation (Sect. 1.2) does it correspond to and what was your role in this life situation (Sect. 1.3)? List some of the
Consider the requirements of various stakeholders when it comes to health information systems supporting various life situations. Can you imagine situations where the requirements of two stakeholder
Imagine that a physician is given the following information about his patient, Mr. Russo: “Diagnosis: hypertension. Last blood pressure measurement: 160/100 mmHg.” Use this example to discuss the
Look up some information on the nervous system of the human body. Then try to identify subsystems of the nervous system. In the same way, can you also describe subsystems of the system “hospital”?
Imagine a situation in which a physician speaks with Mr. Russo at the patient’s bedside. The physician looks up Mr. Russo’s recent blood pressure measurement and ongoing medication, decides to
Look at the 3LGM22 example in Sect. 2.15. Use this example to explain the meaning of the following elements: functions, entity types, application systems, non-computer-based application components,
Look at the 3LGM2 sample model in Sect. 2.15 and try to answer the following question.(a) Find examples of specialization or decomposition at the domain layer in Fig.2.11.(b) What is meaning of the
Look at the functions presented in Sect. 3.3.2. Now imagine a small hospital (e.g., 350 beds) and a large university medical center (e.g., 1500 beds). What are the differences between these hospitals
Look at the functions listed in Sect. 3.3.2. Look at the relationships between the functions and the different health care professional groups (physicians, nurses, administrative staff, others)
Look at the entity type “patient” that is interpreted and updated by various functions. Which functions update the patient information, which functions interpret it?
Imagine a hospital information system that comprises four application systems: a PAS, an MDMS, a RIS, and a PDMS. The hospital is now considering the introduction of a communication server to improve
During a night shift, a nurse uses the patient administration system to conduct the administrative patient admission. The nurse then uses the NMDS to plan nursing care. Now consider the types of
The following questions can be answered by reading the text and analyzing the 3LGM2 figures of the CityCare Example 3.11.(a) The EHRS and the VNA in CityCare are not linked with any function they sup