Information Management Committee

The committee's main areas of work are determining our institution's information needs, designing an information management system, defining and collecting data and information, analyzing data and converting it into information, transferring and reporting data and information, and integrating and using information. In this context, the committee carries out the following activities:

• - Planning and designing information management processes to meet internal and external information needs,
• - Designating a qualified person to be responsible for overseeing the hospital's health information technology systems and processes,
• - Ensuring the confidentiality, privacy, security and consistency of information,
• - Implementing the necessary processes to ensure the quality of care services and to protect the security and confidentiality of patient information when SMS messages, e-mail or other communication methods via mobile devices are used to transfer patient data and information,
• - Ensuring that standard diagnosis codes, procedure codes, symbols, abbreviations and definitions are used in records,
• - Ensuring that the data and information needs of those inside and outside the hospital are met in a format that meets users' expectations, with the desired frequency and in a timely manner,
• - Ensuring that health information technologies are tried out before being put into use in the hospital and are evaluated for quality and patient safety after being put into use,
• - Ensuring that decision makers and other relevant staff are informed and trained on the principles of information use and management,
• - Ensuring that processes for the management of institutional documents are designed and implemented,
• - Ensuring that a standard patient file plan is created and implemented,
• - Determining the persons authorized to make entries in clinical records; ensuring that the identity of the person making the record and when the record was made are indicated,
• - Ensuring that, as part of monitoring and performance improvement activities, the content of patient clinical records and their completeness are regularly assessed.