System Concept

System Concepts

Systems can be considered in two ways, open and closed systems.  Open systems exchange information and a closed system is one where interactions occur only among the system components and not with the environment.  An open system is one that receives input from the environment and/or releases output to the environment. [3]

There are different types of systems such as Open or Closed systems, Man-made Information Systems, Formal and Informal Information Systems and Computer Based Information Systems. [2] The key components of the information systems are Input, processing and output.  The system receives various inputs and transforms/process these inputs in some way and exports outputs. [1] 

I would like to talk about a system that I use on a daily basis at work.  The system is called Point Click Care.   This system helps employees to view patient information, and documentation on patient status entered by physicians and other employees.  This is an easier way to communicate between the staffs who are dealing with the patients.  

Key Features and Benefits of Point Click Care

Patient Information - This is where the personal information like age, DOB, Insurance information, Doctors names and emergency contact numbers are provided.  This information is very confidential and only can be viewed by their respective care takers who have access to the system.

Medical Diagnosis - this feature shows the medical diagnosis of the patient such as the history of diagnosis with dates and year the patient admitted to the facility.  It also provides ICD code of the diagnosis to bill the insurance.  This helps employees to view the history of patient on the computer rather than using the chart to view history.

Physician Progress Notes - It helps the employees who are taking care of the patient to view the doctor’s feedback on the patient status.

Assessment - It is where the employees such as Nurses, Respiratory Therapist and other medical staffs enter their daily assessments of their patients.

1.      http://www.hainescentre.com/research-based/key-concepts-of-general-systems-theory.html

2.      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_theory

3.      http://statpac.org/walonick/systems-theory.htm