The Tergooiziekenhuizen, with locations in Blaricum and Hilversum, have been successfully connected by iSOFT. In this first integration phase, performed to help establishing consistent processes along the hospital administration, the codebooks of the independently functioning HIS-ses of the hospitals, were connected. It was a mission conducted with military precision.
Walter van Berchum, Manager ICT en Facilitair of the Tergooiziekenhuizen says: “I’ve been around in the ICT-world for over 25 years, but I’ve never seen a conversion being carried out as smoothly as this one. This is a great compliment to both the Tergooi-employees as to iSOFT whom worked at this project.”
Codebooks
The integration mainly concerns the databases in which wards, specialists and disciplines are present (Thesaurus 5). The codes used by this database are functional throughout the entire HIS and all connected systems as Centrasys, CDR and Afspraken V5. The HIS codes that formerly consisted out of three digits, were now converted to a four digits combination.
Undisturbed care process
The changing of the codebooks concerned over twenty systems that are linked to the HIS, after which the users should be able to generate and mutate data as usual: printing it on letters, labels and bracelets etc. Since the regular care process was not to be disturbed, the whole conversion took place during the weekend and the night. In the months to follow, more integration phases will take place. But the conversion of the codebooks was the first, the largest and most complicated of the series at the Tergooiziekenhuizen.
Bron: Tergooiziekenhuizen
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