Efficient Terminals Arrangement using Terminal Log and Application Access Log in the Hospital Information Systems

Abstract

 The terminals for Hospital Information Systems (HIS) is required efficient arrangement to procure in a limited budget. We have collected the terminal log and application access log data from the electronic medical record system (EMR) and all other departmental systems (DS) operating with or without EMR, and have analyzed them using a novel technique to integrate different format data, in order to reveal the actual situation of terminal use. The number of terminals of the HIS of our hospital is 1,541 (desktop PC 975 and note PC 566). We have collected the access log data recorded in the EMR and DS from March 2015 to June 2015. The access log data are in different formats in each system. Therefore we have converted them into integrated data format and analyzed the usage of the terminal. As a result, we were able to obtain the power-on time of terminals and use time of EMR and DS and application uses. We have shown these results to the regular meeting of our HIS and were able to relocate 4 terminals. In the future, we have plans to continue to promote the efficient relocation of terminals including an alternative means as switching to a virtual desktop environment, and to use these novel information to support the terminal installation during HIS renewal.