Pf Business Systems

 Individual Paper

Marcelio Julian

CMGT/554 – Business Systems

January 11, 2013

Dean McIntyre

Business Systems

  Patton-Fuller is a community hospital treats all kinds of concerns.  They provide healthcare services designed to meet every need and any stages in life.  They have providing service since 1975 and their goal is to be as pleasant in their service as possible while being productive through their many communications between all the branches of the hospital.  The hospital has the responsibility of providing good services and protecting patient’s rights.  The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) outline the principles and requirements that the hospital must use to ensure they are protecting rights.  There is a large amount of the database that needs to be kept secure and this is one of the main goals of the IT department. This paper will look at the systems involved and what possible improvements can be done.

Patton –Fuller Community Hospital, a 600 – bed community service hospital, provides quality health care as well as balancing health costs that are still rising as the economy grows more uncertain.   Patton –Fuller utilizes four different information systems to improve communication and collaboration between senior management, employees, doctors, nurses, and patients.  The information systems help to improve the communication between hospital operations, improve the relationships with patients, and helps executives manage hospital finances. 

   The accounting and finance information system (AFIS) utilized mainly by executives assists in managing hospitals cash flows, assets, liabilities, and net income.  This AFIS also generates statements required by federal regulations. 

   Human resource information systems or HRIS manages policies, procedures, and compliance requirements but...