Benefits of Health Information System

Benefits of Health Information Systems
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Benefits of Health Information Systems
Information technology has revolutionized almost all industry sectors, and the healthcare industry is no exception. A computer system used to store, collect, analyses, transmit healthcare data or even a computer-aided management system can be referred to as a health information system (HIS). By incorporating a health information system, such as the Electronic Health Records (EHR), healthcare institutions can leverage the analytical capabilities embedded with a health information system to analyze the enormous amounts of data to help in the decision-making process and consequently improve patient care (Carvalho et al., 2019). Patient safety in the course of medication is vital in the delivery of service by a health institution (Alotaibi & Federico, 2017). HIS can improve patient safety by eliminating human errors and help physicians make more accurate health interventions by using more advanced decision support systems.
EHR system greatly reduces paperwork which then translated to increased efficiency and reduced costs. By incorporating an element of distributed systems, EHR c...