Abstract

The case describes the implementation of the Hospital 2000 information system by the Bumrungrad Hospital Public Company Limited (Bumrungrad), Asia’s largest private hospital. It describes in length the need for implementing an advanced hospital information system by Bumrungrad, the system implementation process and the system & network architecture. It also discusses the challenges faced while implementing Hospital 2000 IS and elaborates the benefits reaped by Bumrungrad after the successful implementation of the system.

Learning Objectives

The case is structured to achieve the following Learning Objectives:

• Understand the need for a leading private hospital to adopt an information system.

Keywords

Bumrungrad Hospital, Information System, IT Project Implementation, Electronic Medical Record, IT in Healthcare, Benefits of IT and Picture Archive Communication Systems