Seoul National University Bundang Hospital's Electronic System for Total Care.
10.4258/hir.2012.18.2.145
- Author:
Sooyoung YOO
1
;
Kee Hyuck LEE
;
Hak Jong LEE
;
Kyooseob HA
;
Cheong LIM
;
Ho Jun CHIN
;
Jonghoar YUN
;
Eun Young CHO
;
Eunja CHUNG
;
Rong Min BAEK
;
Chin Youb CHUNG
;
Won Ryang WEE
;
Chul Hee LEE
;
Hai Seok LEE
;
Nam Soo BYEON
;
Hee HWANG
Author Information
1. Center for Medical Informatics, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea. neuroandy@snubh.org
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hospital Information Systems;
Electronic Health Records;
Quality of Health Care;
Patient Safety
- MeSH:
Achievement;
Disasters;
Electronic Health Records;
Electronics;
Electrons;
Hospital Information Systems;
Information Systems;
North America;
Patient Care;
Patient Safety;
Quality of Health Care
- From:Healthcare Informatics Research
2012;18(2):145-152
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, which is the first Stage 7 hospital outside of North America, has adopted and utilized an innovative and emerging information technology system to improve the efficiency and quality of patient care. The objective of this paper is to briefly introduce the major components of the SNUBH information system and to describe our progress toward a next-generation hospital information system (HIS). METHODS: SNUBH opened in 2003 as a fully digital hospital by successfully launching a new HIS named BESTCare, "Bundang hospital Electronic System for Total Care". Subsequently, the system has been continuously improved with new applications, including close-loop medication administration (CLMA), clinical data warehouse (CDW), health information exchange (HIE), and disaster recovery (DR), which have resulted in the achievement of Stage 7 status. RESULTS: The BESTCare system is an integrated system for a university hospital setting. BESTCare is mainly composed of three application domains: the core applications, an information infrastructure, and channel domains. The most critical and unique applications of the system, such as the electronic medical record (EMR), computerized physician order entry (CPOE), clinical decision support system (CDSS), CLMA, CDW, HIE, and DR applications, are described in detail. CONCLUSIONS: Beyond our achievement of Stage 7 hospital status, we are currently developing a next-generation HIS with new goals of implementing infrastructure that is flexible and innovative, implementing a patient-centered system, and strengthening the IT capability to maximize the hospital value.
