Patient Care Information System in Australia

Patient care
information
system in
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Patient care information system in Australia.............................................................................2
National e-health strategies of Australia................................................................................3
Comparison of e-health strategies of Australia and U.S.A....................................................5
Advantages of e-health strategies across the world...............................................................6
Disadvantages of Patient care information system and e-health services:.............................7
Challenges for Patient care information system.....................................................................8
Suggestions for improvement in Patient care information system.........................................8
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
References................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Patient care information system refers to a set of system for the entire patient care services
provided to the patient. It also involved the services related to early detection of disease,
treatment received for the health problem and suggestions for future well-being of the patient.
It facilitates the various important services to the patient by collecting, organising and sharing
the information to the patient and his family members. In this essay an analysis will be done
over the various steps and important characteristics which are the major part of patient care
information system. The focus will be given on the process of patient care system in Australia
and in other countries.
Patient care information system in Australia
Patient care information system in Australia is based upon sharing the complete information
about the status and treatment of the disease with full information about clinical, medicinal
and other facilities provided to the patient. It also involves the cost of treatment and facilities
provided by the hospital management to the patient (Brook, 2019).
PCIS (Patient Care Information System) is a part of HIS (Hospital Information System).
PCIS is divided into three categories:
(a) System for clinical services
It consists of the clinical data about the early symptoms and signs of disease. Then it
inculcates the detail information about the diagnosis and findings done by doctors on the
bases of particular medical tests. After diagnosis, the condition and physical status of the
patient is shared with suggested treatments and its costs. Sometimes, additional services are
required for the complete well-being of the patient. The care plan indulges the additional
requirements of the client by observing the past medical history of the patient. In such type of
cases, the Patient care information system helps the doctors in recognising the actual need of
the patient related to his health. A complete care plan is developed on the bases of the above
information of clinical services. The care plan consists of the following details on the bases of
the Patient’s record system. It is related to the services offered to the patients (CD Mount,
2000).

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(b) System for clinical support services
Clinical support services refer to the services offered to the various patients and to their
family members by the hospital management. It consists of information related to blood bank
of the hospital, food and water supply by hospital management, mother milk bank provided
by the hospital management to newly born children, ventilator services and many other
supportive services for the well-being of the health of the patient (C Dvorak, 2019).
(c) Patient Management System
Patient management system consists of the complete personal information about the client
related to his name, age, personal records, family history and medical record of the client. A
brief record is attached with the patient management system in order to access the
information related to client at any time. It is usually find in digital format and stored inside
the software of the hospital (P Miles, 2019).
National e-health strategies of Australia
Some of the special features of national e-health strategies are as follows which are being
informed to the clients:
(1) The description of suitable treatment related to the disease for example- Surgery,
Medicinal treatment, Chemotherapy and other treatments with cost.
(2) Details of the treatments related to relief from pain and providing comfort to the
patient.
(3) List of the supportive treatments needed by the patient like counselling services,
Psycho treatment and other extra services which runs parallel to the medical treatment
(health, 2012).
(4) Report related to observation and monitoring record of the disease of patient (Dick
RS, 2020)
For example: The patient care system of The Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne is as
follows:
The hospital is maintaining computer based patient record which is very useful for knowing
the health status and growth of the children who are treated by the hospital. The primary