4Health

Medical care is constantly evolving and the search for new methods is constant. Computer systems built to meet the needs of the previous decade are struggling with the demands of the new one. Budgets are being cut while costs mount. Litigation is the wolf at the door, and every one is overworked.

If we could demonstrate how to maximize your limited funds, cut down on fraud, reduce patient care error, and eliminate the majority of your paperwork, you might find a few minutes to listen. We can do that. We have done that.

Constructed as a layer that sit atop your current IT infrastructure, 4Health’s suite of solutions presents concise views tailored to each member of your staff. 4Health’s sweep is extensive, covering patient care, research, medical training, and more. Every module is self sustaining and can be purchased separately.

The technology presented below is a non-replacement technology and is intended to complement but not replace existing infrastructure. Thus, whatever you have chosen in previous years can now be modernized without being scrapped.

1. Patient Information Layer

   Functionality

   The following are the basic main modules in the current version. The icon signals that a barcode scanner is supported.

   The complete list of modules and functionalities can be seen here:

   Main menu:

   Functions

   Home: Standard intranet browsable pages for the hospital presenting general information, news, etc.

   Person: Registration of person's basic personal data. This module stores and processes personal data for all persons not just patients.

   Appointments: Display of appointments according to date, department or clinician involved.

   Admission: Patient admission system with search and archive functions. Barcoded labels and wristbands.

   Ambulatory: Outpatient module with waiting list, pending request processor and admission list.

   Medocs: A documentation system for both inpatient and outpatient departments, patients' medical history, etc. This is the replacement to an aging proprietary software.

   Doctors: Duty planner for physicians and surgeons among others

   Nursing: Nursing wards administration, patient data monitoring, nurse planner, appointment scheduler, patient search, documentation, patient data folders, etc.

   OR

   Operating Room. Documenting surgical operations (surgery, anesthesia, nursing, material, medicines, etc.), OR duty planner, search and archive functions, international ICD and OPS documentation systems, surgical operation planner, etc.

   Tech support: Technical support and maintenance. Reporting damage and requesting repairs. Info query system. Automatic signalling for reception of queries and requests. Documentation of technical jobs. Information system.

   Laboratories: Entering and displaying laboratory examination results for patients. Currently, the medical laboratory is functional. The pathological and bacteriological laboratories are being developed.

   Radiology: Search and display of x-ray films with integrated editor and reader of diagnostics results. Currently in demo version. The functional version is being developed.

   Pharmacy: Ordering of phamaceutical products. Organizing quick order catalogs. Pharmacy database management. Automatic signalling of reception of orders. Product search and archive functions.

   Medical depot: Central depot for medical products and other materials. Ordering system. Organizing quick order catalogs. Product database management. Automatic signalling of reception of orders. Product search and archive functions. Product search and archive functions.

   Directory: Telephone directory of the hospital with functions for search and entering new phone information.

   EDP: Electronic data processing department. This is accessible only with SystemAdmin rights. Access rights management, database server administration, configuration functions, etc.

   Intranet email: Database based mail system for internal communication. The communication protocol is intentionally non-standard to prevent standard mail programs from accessing the mail data.

   Internet email: Email system using standard internet mail protocols. Can be used to send or receive mails from the internet if allowed by the network.

   Specials: Special tools and functions. Document editor modules, “bundy clock” module, duty planner, news editor and submission system, color options configurator, access password manager, photolab, integrated intracam surveilance system, among many others.

   Login: Allows automatic loading of the user's personal preferences or the computer's particular configuration. Logging in gives the computer an identity which facilitates many automation features, otherwise the server will assume default values.

   Language selector: The application is now available in several languages: Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Brazilian, Bulgarian, Czech, Chinese-simplified, German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Vietnamese. English and German language versions are 100% complete. Though not all language versions are 100% complete.

   The integration layer provides a sophisticated technical solution that is able to extract the required information from any database used in your facility. Business rules are determined during analysis by a combined team of medical and information technology specialists. These rules will govern the transfer of data into portlet servers. Now the research, pharmacy, patient care and administration information can be integrated, massaged and re-packaged.

   The wireless communication server allows for your staff to be connected without having to return to their workstations. Doctors, nurses and others can get their paper work done, share and verify vital patient information as they do their rounds.

   The visual image server accesses visual images such as patient’s photo id, x-rays, MRIs and other non-textual information, using either your in house technology, government databases (if permitted), or our technology. Having photographs of patients dramatically reduces fraud and the possibility of mistaken identity when administering drugs.

2. The research module allows researchers to gather data from patients as they do their rounds, monitor their responses to treatment, store information wirelessly, and share data with their colleagues around the world.
3. The connection layer connects to 89 databases of vital medical information to provide instant response to medical queries.
4. The re-learning curriculum is available on line to provide extensive refresher course on any subject. This web based comprehensively animated curriculum was developed at a prestigious university as an essential component of its medical education, and is considered the best in the world.
5. The presentation layer integrates all the information into customized portals. Each portal contains a series of portlets, containing the concise and complete view that each person needs to provide the best care to your patients.
6. The reporting layer provides an automated mechanism that allows users to organize, sort and present the data in multiple ways.
7. The outpatient care and follow-up programs register all the health care providers in the area and provide the analysis tools that allow the hospital staff and social workers to recommend doctors, clinic, pharmacies and other related services to assist the patient after release.
8. Metrics: A comprehensive suite of analytical modules enables you to track funding, programmes, and other key performance indicators so that administrators have the ability to monitor adjust and review the activity of any part of the health care system. This can be done by any significant variable, by department, hospital, programme, budgetary item, or demographic.