23-05-2014, 03:26 PM
Criteria for Setting up HCIS
ABSTRACT
Health/medical records must meet a number of criteria. Some of these criteria affect how
the system can be accessed as well as how key players may interact with these systems.
Moore and Welson (2002), point out security requirements, transmission standards, privacy,
information integrity and quality as some of the essential criteria. Essentially security falls
into three main categories namely; administrative, physical and technical.
The privacy
criterion deals with the purpose to maintain strong protections for individual identifiable
health information/record.
Mandke and Geisler (2003), point out that information flow within the system and between
the key participants in the system must exhibit both the attributes and dimensions of
information integrity as well as satisfy the quality. Specifically, the information should
display the attributes of accuracy, consistency and reliability of content and processes as well
as the dimensions of usefulness, completeness, manipulability and usability.