Open source challenges for hospital information system (HIS) in developing countries: a pilot project in Mali

Table 4 HIS Functional requirements of Marseille University Hospital versus Mediboard

Standard HIS features	Mediboard Open Source HIS Application
Care Management
Registration	X
Appointments & Scheduling	X
Management of Movement (Transfers)	X
Care Plan Management	X
e-prescription (acts, medicine)	X
Nursing	X
Report and Mail Management	X
Logistics	X
Resource Management (stocks, human, materials)	X
Clinical Research, Epidemiology, Statistics and Education	X
Health Information Exchange	X
Laboratory management (orders)
Pharmacy management	X
Imaging	X
Exploratory Procedures
Emergency Department	X
Surgery Department	X
Admin functions
Patient identity management	X
Outpatient Visits, Admissions, Stays	X
Bed Management	X
Evaluation of production activities (French PMSI Management)	X
Billing	X
Facility Management
Access Management Rights/Entitlements	X
Activity Management	X
Medical Economics Management	X
Accounting and Record	X
Human resources	X
Equipment Management	X
Purchasing/Inventory	X
HIS Environment Management
HIS Infrastructures
Monitoring and Planning Tools
Communication Management	X
Repositories and Terminology Management	X
Other Features
Clinical Decision Support
Digital Work Space	X
Data Warehousing
Quality of Care Assessment	X

ISSN: 1472-6947