Abstract
Objective: To establish a total life cycle information management system for medical equipment based on our hospital’s actual situation. Methods: Per the definition of the total life cycle for the particular item of medical equipment, the function modules were designed and distributed according to different staff postings and then implemented on the WeChat public account-a series of API and services to develop custom features, a mobile app, and a computer web browser. Results: After implementation, the system can cover a series of management stages of the entire life cycle for medical equipment and the information exchanged among various stages. The relevant staff in different posts can operate the medical equipment management information on any of the three platforms. Conclusion: The improvement and efficiency aid staff in various settings in managing medical equipment and medical behaviors and patient safety is increased.
Highlights
Large-scale hospitals have a wide variety of scientific and medical equipment which requires efficient information management systems
The information systems related with medical equipment management system in our hospital have are Office Automation (OA) system, medical equipment preliminary marketing research system, third-party tender evaluation system, intensive care system, Laboratory Information System (LIS, Picture Archiving and Communication Systems [PACS]), outpatient and inpatient electronic medical record system, fixed asset management system and finance system
The MEIS system comprehensively utilizes the public WeChat public account the mobile phone app and web pages based on the B/S structure to modularize the design of the medical device life cycle, and the work-flow moves through various staff positions in the equipment department to realize optimal equipment management and interconnect information resources in multiple modules allowing users to share and break the information resources "island" situation
Summary
Large-scale hospitals have a wide variety of scientific and medical equipment which requires efficient information management systems. Traditional management methods cannot cover and connect the devices at various stages effectively while they are in hospital circulation. Traditional medical device management methods have the following drawbacks:. There is an information island between the functional modules of medical device information management because each function module has different application sequences, different software vendor solutions, and different technical levels in different periods. There is a failure of unification in planning and construction leading to differences in system architecture, data formats, protocol standards, and network environment among functional modules. The system function modules are independent of each other, making it impossible to implement or partially implement data sharing
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