HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE

ANGIOGRAM
- diagnostic test that uses radiation or x-rays to
- cardiology and radiology focus more on the
take images or pictures of the blood vessels
graphics, images, or pictures that helps in
diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of illnesses
of our patients or clients.
- these departments utilize different techniques,
mechanisms, procedures, instruments, and
machines to capture the images of a certain body
parts with different angles depends on what the
doctor needed to diagnose properly our
patients.

- focused on the storage and retrieval of

Cardiology-centric images
- acquired from imaging modalities are profiled
against the order and stored for further
distribution, viewing, and long-term archive.
- creates network and facilitates in CIS integration

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG)
- records the electronic signals of the heart
The information used by cardiologists for diagnosis and
treatment of their patients varies from:
➢ personal notes (history, physical examination),
to signals (electrocardiograms),
➢ images (echocardiograms, angiograms, CT, MRI)
➢ reports from investigations and from
procedures. All this information can currently be
provided in digital format, and Cardiology
Information Systems serve as a repository that
houses these forms of imagery. Unfortunately,
most CIS are limited to their storage capabilities
and do not include post-processing functions

Benefits and Features

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI SCAN)
- Different vendors have varying degrees of
- uses magnetic fields or radio waves
available features. However, the following are
- more expensive because of more detailed
the most common benefits they enumerate:
images
o Ease of access while maintaining data
security
o Flexibility in the workflow
o Enhanced Comparability

Functionalities:
➢ Editing, Viewing and Storing Multi-Modal
Cardiology Data – different types of data,
including computed tomography (CT), cardiac
ultrasound (echocardiography), magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear imaging (PET
and SPECT), and angiography, may be managed
on a single platform with the help of the CIS.
➢ Remote Access – the use of networks and
integrated information systems, coupled with
the availability of the internet and tablets and
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY (CT SCAN) smartphones, offer flexibility to Cardiology
- uses x-rays and radiations Information Systems
➢ Visualization and Reporting Capabilities – one
of the main benefits of Cardiology Information
Systems is the ease and consistency of reporting.
Virtually real-time information retrieval is
possible with just a couple of clicks and queries
and is possible from multiple locations.
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➢ EHR Integration – since a CIS may be integrated ➢ Results reporting – A RIS can generate statistical
with existing Electronic Health Record Systems, reports for a single patient, group of patients, or
it can enhance the quality of services offered by particular procedures.
health professionals by offering a more ➢ Image tracking – Traditionally, radiology
comprehensive view of the patient care providers use RIS to track individual films and
spectrum. their associated data. But as EHRs have become
standard across the healthcare industry and
digitized images and PACS have been widely
adopted, radiology departments and their RIS-
- networked software system for managing PACS systems have been more drawn into the
medical imagery and associated data. clinical workflow of the entire medical
- useful for tracking radiology imaging orders and enterprise.
billing information ➢ Billing – RIS systems provide detailed financial
- Picture Archiving and Communication Systems record-keeping and process electronic payments
(PACS) and Vendor Neutral Archives (VNA) to and automated claims, though these functions
manage image archives, record-keeping, and are becoming incorporated into medical
billing within a Hospital Information System organizations' overall EHR systems.

PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION

SYSTEM (PACS)
- It is a healthcare technology for short and long-
term storage, retrieval, management,
distribution, and presentation of images.

VENDOR NEUTRAL ARCHIVAL (VNA)

- In a health information technology context, it is
as medical imaging used by the healthcare
professionals that stores images in a standard
format and interface, making medical imaging
data accessible through different picture
archiving and communication systems (PACS).

Advantages of using a RIS

➢ Better communication with referring doctors –
An RIS can integrate with the referring doctor’s
electronic health record or EHR system, so you
can access patient data easily and quickly. The
result is a better experience for referring
doctors, which dramatically increases the
likelihood they’ll refer more patients to you.
➢ Faster payments – A chief benefit of a RIS is that
you can use it to verify insurance before a patient
visit. The electronic payments you are now
capable of receiving means that you get paid
faster.
➢ Improved efficiency – It’s much faster to find,
input, and create reports from patient data when
the records are computerized. With the
information digitized and no longer needing to
be entered into records a second or third time.

➢ Patient Management – An RIS can track a

patient's entire workflow within the radiology
department; radiology providers can add images
and reports to EHRs, where they can be retrieved
and viewed by authorized radiology staff.
➢ Scheduling – The RIS allows staff to make
appointments for both inpatients and
outpatients.
➢ Patient Tracking – Using a RIS system, providers
can track a patient's entire radiology history
from admission to discharge and coordinate the
history with past, present, and future
appointments.