The electronic chart system is a computer system in various formats used by the physicians, nurses, ward clerks and other healthcare providers to record, retrieve and view patient data to make orders and to communicate with other departments or section in the hospital. An example of this are tablets which are touch screens. Desktop, where most hospitals in the Philippines uses this, with WiFi card connected wirelessly and printers. Computers on Wheels, is a popular alternative format of electronic chart system. Wall-Mounted Computer System, are alternative formats where a laptop is secured in a box embedded in the wall of a patient's room. Electronic Monitoring Systems are LCD-based or CRT-based systems that monitor and display vital signs, cardiac, respiratory and other physiologic activity processed from data coming from input sensor devices hooked to the patient's body. in Automated Medication Administration System, a nurse uses a PDA to identify the patient at point of care. Automated Medication Dispensing System, when the PDA is used in medication administration, the nurse first confirms for the SR in the patient identified. Automatic Labeling Machine, this reduces errors on the part of the nurse especially when done at POC. Automated Billing Machine, looks and works like an Automatic Teller Machine. They are usually positioned in busier corners of every floor in a hospital. Home Health Care System, looks like a desktop or laptop PC connected to a set of monitoring devices that the patient hooks to his body so he could be monitored by a healthcare provider at a distance. HIS Program, is the integration of all IS of the various clinical and non-clinical departments of a healthcare institutions.
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