Health Information Services
Staff
Description of Service
Health Information Services provides clinical and non-clinical support to all departments throughout Alfred Health.
The types of services that are offered by HIS include:
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Providing medical records for patient attendances.
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Scanning of medical record documents into the Cerner clinical system.
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Providing medical records for auditing and research purposes.
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Management of paper and electronic medical record forms.
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Typing services for outpatient letters and operation reports.
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Information release services for GP requests and other emergency and non-emergency hospital attendances.
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Clinical coding, with DRG assignment and WIES calculations. This ensures that the hospital is optimally funded for all inpatient activity.
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Management of policies on health privacy, patient registration, records management and archiving, records access, and medical documentation.
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Hospital Switchboard and Enquiries/Reception services.
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Admissions office at Caulfield Hospital.
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