Pediatric Health Information System
Record Type
DataSet
Source
Children's Hospital Association
Title Acronym
PHIS
Source URL
Description
PHIS supports a wide range of improvement activities including clinical effectiveness, resource utilization, care guideline development, readmission analysis, antimicrobial stewardship, physician profiling (OPPE) and more. Hospitals can identify areas to improve clinical care, enhance financial outcomes, improve clinical documentation and perform research.
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Keywords
Forms and Records Control; Hospital Information Systems; Hospitals, Pediatric; Hospitals, Voluntary; Medical Records Systems, Computerized/classification* Multi-Institutional Systems; Professional Competence; Quality Control
Population Age
All child: birth to 18 years
Purpose
The Pediatric Health Information System, a comparative pediatric database, includes clinical and resource utilization data for inpatient, ambulatory surgery, emergency department and observation unit patient encounters for more than 45 children's hospitals.
Record Originator
InfoPac
Variables
Data - patient abstract, diagnoses (ICD-9/10), procedures, billed transactions, utilization; Patient types - inpatient, observation, ambulatory surgery, emergency department; Transparency - unblinded hospital ID, ability to blind local competitors
UI
2626
Date Revised
Aug. 23, 2017, 3:08 a.m.