| Optional Conference
Visit, 14.30
The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
is an acute tertiary referral university teaching hospital
and is the national centre for heart and lung transplantation
and spinal injuries.
A fundamental element of the hospital's
healthcare policy is the use of information technology
to support its mission objectives in optimising the
patient care process. It is recognised as having made
significant advances in informatics and the use of information
technology to support its objectives, as a result, the
range of information systems implemented and utilised
throughout the hospital extends far beyond that existing
in most hospitals in the UK, Europe and in the United
States of America. Its strategy and recognition of technology
in health care delivery together with its implementation
methodology and systems design philosophy is now that
accepted role model for the implementation of information
systems in the acute health care environment. This has
also been recognised within the general computer industry,
as its information technology department has been an
award and overall winner of the National Computer Professional
of the Year.
Systems implemented include, integrated
clinical imaging, full CPOE (computerised physician
order entry), integrated nursing information system,
web based electronic links to community services, integrated
voice recognition and hospital wide scheduling. |
