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The adoption of health information technology at KPJ hospitals has helped to dramatically reduce errors and has also led to greater coordination and efficiency.

While KPJ taps the benefits of the latest state-of-the-art facilities and sophisticated medical equipment, it also ensures patients receive adequate standards of quality care by drawing advantages from fundamental information technology efficiencies.

With greater demand for medical services and higher expectations, healthcare players have to continue to strive for improvement and efficiency in the delivery of care.

For KPJ, one key thrust going forward would be efforts to improve its IT infrastructure.

Creating a More Efficient Healthcare Information System

In 2010, through its entrepreneur subsidiary Healthcare IT Solutions Sdn Bhd, KPJ rolled out its internally developed Hospital Information Technology System (HITS) at Kluang Utama Specialist Hospital. With that, 20 KPJ hospitals are now supported by the HITS system, which was frst implemented in 1996 and continuously improved and refned over the years.

With the HITS system and the recent introduction of Enterprise Information System (EIS) as a module in Business Intelligence tools, hospitals can monitor the progress of operations, carry out data mining for further analysis and support strategic planning.

The KPJ Clinical Information System (KCIS) was introduced for greater coordination and effciency, complementing the HITS system and Picture Archiving Communication System (PACS), where electronic images and reports are transmitted digitally. For KPJ, one key thrust going forward would be efforts to improve its IT infrastructure.

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