Meet the Teams

As with all systems, the first phase in clinical information systems is planning. Planning involves the identification of the basic compositions from which the system will be formed around. It includes the problem, assessments and the team that would be behind the CIS.

First under planning is the Identification of the composition of the CIS management team. There are three teams, namely the CIS Steering Committee, Project Team and Departmental Team.


The CIS Steering Committee is composed of representatives from the different areas. These areas include, but is not limited to: hospital administration, nursing administration, medical staff, information systems, major ancillary departments, health information management, legal affairs, consultants and appointed members.

These representatives are then in charge of providing oversight guidance to the selection and integration of a new CIS into the organization.

The Project Team meanwhile are the design and upgrading managers of CIS, composed of the project manager and team leaders from each of the major departments. They carry different objectives, such as to understand the technology involved, including the restrictions of the proposed system, and to understand the impacts of intradepartmental decisions.

Other objectives of the Project Team are to make decisions at the interdepartmental level for the overall good of the CIS within the organization and to become the key resource for application.

Also, the project manager must have significant implementation experience, and is responsible for managing the software application development, hardware and networks and all aspects of the healthcare project implementation.

Lastly, the Departmental Team are the key implementors of the CIS. They have the task of understanding the department’s information needs and the software features and functions, of merging system’s capabilities with department’s operations, of participating in developing and conducting end-user educating, and of providing high level of support in utilization of the system.

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