Improvements in the Administrative Efficiency of the Operating Room System by Using an Automated Scheduling System at William Beaumont Army Medical Center

摘要

In late 1982, it was announced that a Tri-Service Medical Information Systems (TRIMIS) Hospital Information System (HIS) was to be installed at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas, as well as at a USAF Regional Hospital Information, and a Naval Regional Medical Center. This study focuses on Beaumont where all inpatient and outpatient activities were to be integrated into the system - one which would serve as a communications network, patient data collection system, and an administrative data system. The proposed system, however, did not include scheduling software for the facility's operating room. The author set up an automated operating room scheduling system utilizing a TRS80 microcomputer, and showed that numerous manhours could be saved in the preparation of daily operating room schedules, the register of operations, and the monthly statistical report. It is recommended that the TRIMIS HIS proposal be modified to include the Operating Room Service System. Keywords: Health care, Automated operating room scheduling system; Medical services. (SDW)