Healthcare integrated system administration

Ibrahim, Ardhi Surya (2017) Healthcare integrated system administration. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

iHIS is an acronym which stands for “Integrated Health Information System”. iHIS is a web-based application which covers billing, clinical and operational requirements of any healthcare facility in Malaysia. Having various integrated modules like pharmacy, laboratory, radiology, consultation, appointment, patient management, system administration, data analysis and financial accounting, it has everything needed to manage the business process of a healthcare facility. As mentioned, iHIS is a big system which contains many sub-systems or modules. The problem in integration occur if each module fails to communicate with other modules. In other words, how to enable data-sharing across multiple modules? To create a successful inter-module communication, we must ensure that those modules communicate using the same language. It simply means all data, terms and codes used in the healthcare system must correspond to the latest valid standard. This is where Healthcare Integrated System Administration (HISA) plays a vital role. Therefore, development of HISA is to help administrators to do their jobs to make sure all data entry, terms and codes used are standard using a computerized system. Those terms or codes will be referred later by other modules as a lookup or dictionary to ensure data integrity throughout iHIS. Our next concern is about data confidentiality. We have various levels and types of personnel with different authority in a healthcare facility. Of course there is some rules or restriction of what data can be disclosed to which user. Therefore, HISA also allow the administrators to manage users by defining the users’ role and access level into the system. Thus, data confidentiality and data privacy are guaranteed as users can only access certain functions and see certain information according to their authority. Since healthcare domain is not easy to understand, agile methodology is used to develop HISA in order to identify expectation mismatches early between users and developer. Through this method, requirements get clearer every iteration and finally, a product that meets user’s requirements can be produced. iHIS will be used by users from different health facilities. Therefore, HISA is significant to make sure each user does not interfere other users.

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