Hospital Information Systems (HIS) contain information about individuals such as:
a. Medicare number.
b. admitting doctor.
c. next of kin.
d. all of the above.
d
HIS systems contain demographic information of an
individual, their Medicare or Department of Veterans Affairs
number, health record or UR number, information relating
to their admission and discharge history and current admission status, including treating doctor, admitting doctor, ward,
bed number, next of kin, health insurance status and billing
information to name but a few.
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