INTRODUCTION
Today, computerization is a major advancement in technology that helps in many ways: it makes information storage easier and faster; thus it can save a lot of time and manpower, and many tasks are done in a certain amount of time. Great amount of time is being consumed by information retrieval and the billing process of most hospitals. Without computer, generated system is slow. To be able to provide the medical needs of the rapidly growing population, Hospitals must be versatile to the current trends and innovation in today 's changes in technology. Patient Management Information System (PMIS) is an automated system that is used to manage patient information and its administration. It is meant to provide the Administration and Staff with information in real-time to make their work more interesting and less stressing.(www.isofhealth.com).
According to Llan (2002), Patient Management Information System (PMIS) is a medical record as confidential information kept for each patient by heath care professionals or
Organization. It contains the patient’s personal details such as name, address, date of birth, a summary of the patient’s medical history and documentation of each event including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and outcome. Relevant documents and correspondence are also included. Traditionally, each healthcare provider involves in patient care kept an independent record which is usually paper based, the main purpose of the medical record of the summary of a person’s conduct with the health care provider and treatment provided to ensure appropriate health care. Information from medical record also provides essential data for monitoring patient care, clinical audit and accessing patterns of care and services delivered. The management information system enables the medical record to form a first link in the information chain producing the depersonalized aggregated coded data for statistical.
Reyes, J. (2001) Defined Patient
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