INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / MARCH 20, 1990

 

 

@ Donation allows Health Information Services
students to simulate work environment

 

dures, and demographics,” says Jef-
fery. "These are collected for the pur-
poses of analyzing and reporting
patient care, and determining how
hospital resources are to be used. It
also assists in quality assurance."

Jeffery says many lower main-
land hospitals are already using the
SuperMACS software. Many other
hospitals thoughout the B.C. interior
and across Canada are also using the
software, he says, including such
major facilities as Ontario’s Toronto
General and Toronto Western.

Some provincial health mini-
stries use SuperMACS to help deter-
mine how much money should be
allocated to hospital budgets.
SuperMACS helps them collect ac-
curate data, says Jeffery. Other
educational institutions are using it
Students Kelly Bruce (left) and Colleen Gilmore practice analyzing and as an instructional tool.
reporting patient care In a simulated work environment using SuperMACS Many students who use
software. The program was recently donated to the Health Information §SuperMACS software in the class-
Services department by Prism Hospital Software Inc.

 

 

 

 

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Mae the transition from the
academic environment to your
first job can be tough. But it won’t
be difficult for students enrolled in
the Health Information Services Pro-
gram at Douglas College, thanks to
a donation of computer software
from a lower mainland company
called Prism Hospital Software Inc.

"This software allows us to simu-
late the work environment very
closely," says Elaine Gibson, Co-or-
dinator of the Health Information
Services Program at Douglas Col-
lege. "It facilitates the learning
process. The students make practi-
cal use of the software before they
go out to work."

The software, called

e SuperMACS, summarizes a patient’s

hospitalization, says John Jeffery, a
reas in Prism a hive ie Pam Parmar, a student In the Health Information Services program,

develop the software package. demonstrates the practical uses of SuperMACS software donated by
"This includes diagnoses, proce- partners Edgar Trueit (left) and John Jeffery (right).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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