Clinic Information System

Clinical Information System (CIS) is a computer-based system that is meant to gather, store, and alter clinical data on patients. These systems may be used at single locations or across entire healthcare systems. The purpose of CIS is to integrate, collect, store and manage data from a number of sources to support healthcare operational management, support policy decisions and manage patient data. 

CIS has many benefits, including the automation of tedious manual activities, increased accuracy due to reduced human error, traceable records available from many sites of care at the same time, and connection with other bedside equipment and information systems. The built-in error checking and knowledge-based methods should also result in a more secure and high-quality clinical process. The CIS electronically captures the data and possibly makes it available to a wide range of systems. This eliminates the need for manual data input or transcription, while also making the data available for a variety of reasons such as clinical, corporate, and research reporting.