Hello World!!
This project should not be regarded as Hospital Information System (HIS) but as app for saving some clinical data.
This is not execlusive for GNU Health but for many other open source projects claiming that they provide HIS functionalities. Using the app demo I can confirm at least the following:
-missing the pharmacy module and instead provides very basic stock moves
-missing template designers for patient casesheet,lab and imaging investigations! How can we expect a Dentist or an ENT doctor to use the casesheet and what if a hospital has its own templates!
-missing workflow management for doctor orders,lab and imaging specialities
-missing Doctor module and provides some of its functions over unrelated screens
-missing the billing module and instead a simple and manual interface to ERP invoicing. This is crucial in any HIS in private and also public hospitals and why building upon an ERP framework if not utilising its accounting features!
-missing the inpatient (ward) module-the only thing i found is a (Hospitalised) check box!
-missing the contract management module(services,insurances,pricelists,..)
-missing the Equipment Interfacing for Lab and PACS interface for imaging(in fact lab and imaging modules are missing only investigation orders and results entry found)
I wonder if there is a good opportunity to fill this in with commercial services based around GNU Health? Billing for example, is very region specific.
Having done CSSD software I can safely say that it should be a stand alone product that could interact with GNU Health, it's way too complicated to just be module.
-missing template designers for patient casesheet,lab and imaging investigations! How can we expect a Dentist or an ENT doctor to use the casesheet and what if a hospital has its own templates! -missing workflow management for doctor orders,lab and imaging specialities
-missing Doctor module and provides some of its functions over unrelated screens
-missing the billing module and instead a simple and manual interface to ERP invoicing. This is crucial in any HIS in private and also public hospitals and why building upon an ERP framework if not utilising its accounting features!
-missing the inpatient (ward) module-the only thing i found is a (Hospitalised) check box!
-missing the contract management module(services,insurances,pricelists,..)
-missing the Equipment Interfacing for Lab and PACS interface for imaging(in fact lab and imaging modules are missing only investigation orders and results entry found)
-too many reports!!
-missing CSSD,Diet & Nutrition,Food & Baverages,Transfusion Medicine(Blood Bank),Quality Management,Procedure Orders modules.
Well done HIS