一種整合式信息技術系統(IT)被設計用于將整個患者處理過程進行結構化以及計算機化，從患者的首次求診開始一直到治療結束。

軟件提供了廣泛的功能，從入院到患者離院，包括急診科、重癥監護室、麻醉科、醫療檔案、護理部以及收費部。這套軟件叫做Matrix Box，是由Yuse公司(Leuven, Belgium)研制開發的。重復臨床途徑只需

要一次輸入即可，此后所有科室都能夠進行多學科隨訪。這種途徑確定了處理過程以及確定了患者處理程序。

Yuse已經研究了系統對比利時10多所醫院12個科室的工作質量、工作效率以及工作環境改善的影響。第一階段著重于急診科、手術室以及重癥監護室。結果顯示如果所有比利時醫院使用Matrix Box，醫院

將因為質量和效率的提高而每年節約1千萬歐元。質量平均提高了39％。協助Yuse公司此項研究項目的是來自Vlerick Leuven Gent管理學校的一個小組。

Yuse公司執行總裁Jo Vandebergh指出：“迄今為止，已經部署了數個所謂的孤島系統。這些都是一些孤立的項目，彼此之間很少能夠相互兼容。由于傳統的技術、鏈接和患者資料安全性之間的差異，這種

方法是一條死胡同，因為患者臨床資料差異極大。”

她另外還說：“唯一的解決途徑就是適合整個醫院的、整合的軟件，并且強調患者的核心地位。”
 
IT System for Hospital Care Processes
 
An integrated information technology (IT) system is designed to structure and computerize the entire patient care process in a hospital from the first consultation to the end of treatment.

The software offers extensive functions, from admittance to patient dismissal, including the emergency department, the intensive care unit, anesthesia, medical records, nursing department, and billing. Called

Matrix Box, the software was developed by Yuse (Leuven, Belgium). Repetitive clinical pathways are entered into the program only once, after which all departments can follow up the multidisciplinary care

program. This pathway determines the process and, as such, directs the sequence of the care process.

Yuse has researched the impact of the system on quality, efficiency, and improvement of working conditions in 12 departments in more than 10 hospitals in Belgium. The first phase was focused on the

emergency department, operating room, and intensive care unit. The results showed that if all Belgian hospitals used the Matrix Box they would realize annual savings of more than one billion euros because of

gains in quality and efficiency. Quality would be improved by an average of 39%. Aiding Yuse in its research program was a team from the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School.

“Up to now, a number of so-called island systems have already been implemented. These are separate programs, which are rarely ever compatible with one another,” noted Jo Vandebergh, CEO of Yuse. “

Besides the traditional problems such as different technologies, links, and security of patient data, this approach is a dead-
end street, since it is completely at odds with the patient’s clinical pathway.”

She added, “The only solution is hospital-wide, integrated software where the main focus is on the patient.”