Patient Health Information System for Discharge Planning in Nursing Services in Hospitals

Abstract

Abdul Aziz Alimul Hidayat, Musrifatul Uliyah, Sukadiono, Nahdah Aulia Aziz Taufiqurrahman

This research aims to develop a patient health information system application for discharge planning, and to test its effectiveness based on the success of discharge planning for patient care. The research and development method employed three main stages, namely, (1) analysis of the information system requirements, (2) the development of the health information system, and (3) creating a discharge planning health information system trial. This study involved nurse participants and 132 patients selected by simple random sampling. Data was collected by interviews, focus group discussions and questionnaires, which assessed the use of the Android-based discharge planning health information system application. The success of discharge planning was measured by the level of compliance in five of discharge planning, which included taking medication planning, treatment, health education, diet and re-control. The results of a statistical T-test showed that the health information system application was proven to be more effective that the traditional (manual) discharge planning system. This was evidenced by all the variables measured in discharge planning, including taking medication planning (p = 0.000), treatment planning (p = 0.000), health education planning (p = 0.000), diet planning (p = 0.000) and re-control planning (p = 0.000). Therefore, the health information system has proven to be highly reliable in comparison with the conventional manual discharge planning system, in planning for patients to be discharged to their homes.