UroSystemTests: An Information System to improve the Management of Urine Analysis Test
Abstract
Currently, hospitals in Huila-Colombia need hospital information systems to ensure the integrity and availability of patient information and to make patient information available online. Although systems are necessary for many activities, hospitals in Huila do not have information systems. Consequently, health personnel use unstructured methods to access data, which leads to inadequate decision making. Therefore, this work presents the design and implementation of an information system to optimize the process of urinalysis test management in hospitals in Huila, which improves access to information. The implemented system uses the HL7-FHIR standard, on Open-Source platforms, and Web-based, scalable, and compatible with other hospital information systems. Finally, the proposed solution minimizes access and management times of the integral tests performed by the medical team.
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