Table 2 Basic information on hospitals of the interviewees
Hospital | Type | Bed numbers | Outpatient numbers | Annual number of discharged patients | Number of staff | Characteristics | Application history of information systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peking Union Medical College Hospital | Tertiary grade A general hospital | Over 2,000 | Highest number in a single day: 15,000 persons | Over 80,000 persons | Over 4,000 | National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC)-appointed national referral center offering diagnostic and therapeutic care of complex and acute disorders | Its information system was established in 1981, and its online HIS was established in 1997 and has passed the interoperability maturity tests run by the NHFPC. |
Peking University First Hospital | Tertiary grade A general hospital | Over 1,600 | Over 2.7 million persons/year | Over 72,000 persons | Over 3,200 | The first state-owned hospital in China | Its information system was established in 1993, and its inpatient and outpatient information systems were consolidated in 1995. |
Peking University People’s Hospital | Tertiary grade A general hospital | Over 1,700 | 1.62 million persons/year | Over 43,000 persons | 2,379 | First general hospital built on funds raised solely by the Chinese government | The hospital launched the nation’s first comprehensive large-scale HIS pilot project in 1995, and it is the first hospital to be awarded with an HIMMS Stage 7 award in 2014. |
Beijing Tian Tan Hospital | Tertiary grade A general hospital | Over 950 | Over 1.4 million persons/year | Over 30,000 persons | 2,787 | One of the three largest neurosurgical research centers in the world | Its LAN-based HIS was established in the 1990s. Its physician-nurse work station was completed in 2001. The hospital received the Asia Pacific “Healthcare Industry” Dynamic IT award in 2006 (the only organization in China to receive the award). |
Beijing Cancer Hospital | Tertiary grade A specialist hospital | Over 790 | Over 450,000 persons/year | Over 40,000 persons | 1,090 | Domestic leader in diagnostic and therapeutic care of various common cancers in China. Internationally advanced standards. | Its information technology system was established in 2000, and its database was established in 2004. |