IT DEPARTMENTS IN HOSPITALS: ROLE AND BENEFITS
Hospital IT departments have an essential role to play in assisting hospital staff to manage and care for patients. These systems are so essential and ingrained into modern-day hospitals that it can literally be a matter of life or death if they stop working effectively. Table of contents The importance of IT services for healthcare How DeskAlerts can benefit hospital IT departments DeskAlerts case studies from IT departments in hospitals THE IMPORTANCE OF IT SERVICES FOR HEALTHCARE The IT department of a hospital is not only responsible for managing clinical software and the other processes that help administrative staff to keep patient records and admissions systems ticking along, they also have an important role to play in ensuring medical wards, operating rooms, labor and delivery suites and emergency departments run smoothly. Some of these functions include billing, registration, health information management, ordering and receiving lab result