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Information systems in the perioperative environment.

J M Deluca¹, R E Cagan

¹Founder and President, JDA, San Francisco, California.

Surgical Technology International

|March 15, 2011

Summary

Medical information systems are evolving, integrating financial and administrative functions with clinical practice. This shift is creating new systems designed for direct use by healthcare providers.

Area of Science:

Health Informatics
Medical Information Systems
Healthcare Administration

Background:

Historically, medical information systems (IS) primarily served financial and administrative needs.
Clinical IS developed separately, often within academic settings.
Current trends necessitate the integration of clinical, financial, and administrative healthcare data.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine the evolution of medical information systems.
To highlight the convergence of clinical, financial, and administrative healthcare sectors.
To introduce the development of next-generation information systems for clinical practitioners.

Main Methods:

Analysis of historical development trends in medical IS.
Identification of current forces driving integration in healthcare.

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Review of emerging information system designs.

Main Results:

A historical divergence between financial/administrative IS and clinical IS.
Increasing convergence of previously separate healthcare operational domains.
Emergence of new IS designed for direct clinical application.

Conclusions:

The integration of clinical, financial, and administrative functions is reshaping medical IS.
A new generation of information systems is being developed for clinical practitioners.
Future medical IS will likely bridge administrative and direct patient care functions.