A Value of Nursing Information System and Effective Way of Building It —A Case Study of Building Nursing Information System—

Abstract

 Nursing information systems which can share data with each posts and patients are essential to built as for nursing staff of medical members. Kanto Medical Center NTT EC developed The Nursing Information System aiming at 1) sharing data, 2) supplying safe and efficient nursing care, 3) improving the quality of nursing by practical using of accumulated records. To build the system, we had studied following, 1) clarify the information owned jointly among nursing staffs and other specialty staffs, 2) define the range of standardization and make the master copy, 3) set the field of responsibility and make up partnership with nursing staffs and doctors; instruction, treatment, records and so on. Since it worked, it have been kept trying to improve by the re-organized core field members. As the system is hold in common, it is essential for the nursing members to cope with its evaluation. How efficiently it built in a limited time and condition depends on an ability of both a organization and staffs. It is important to build up a closer corporation with every profession to integrate the details with taking each share of response.