# Patient administration system

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'''Patient Administration Systems''' (often abbreviated to PAS) developed out of the automation of administrative paperwork in healthcare organisations, particularly hospitals, and are one of the core components of a [hospital](/source/hospital)'s IT infrastructure.  The PAS records the [patient](/source/patient)'s [demographics](/source/demographics) (e.g. name, home address, date of birth) and details all patient contact with the hospital, both outpatient and inpatient.<ref name="Learning from Bristol Inquiry">{{cite web |url=http://www.bristol-inquiry.org.uk/final_report/annex_a/chapter_19_16.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020624224402/http://www.bristol-inquiry.org.uk/final_report/annex_a/chapter_19_16.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2002-06-24 |title=Learning from Bristol: the report of the public inquiry into children's heart surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary 1984 -1995 |accessdate=2012-05-22 |publisher=Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry |page=7 |date=2001-07-01 }}</ref>

PAS systems are often criticised for providing only administrative functionality to hospitals, however attempts to provide more clinical and operational functionality have often been expensive failures. {{weasel words|date=May 2017}} 

==History==
In the UK, IRC PAS was developed at [North Staffordshire Health Authority](/source/List_of_NHS_Health_Authorities_(1996%E2%80%932002)) in the late 1960s.<ref name="The NHS can succeed in IT">{{cite web |url= http://www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/10/29/nhs-can-succeed-it | title=The NHS can succeed in IT |author=Smith MF| publisher=BMJ 2003;326 (letter) 25 January }}</ref> It became widely used within the NHS and was supported commercially by [ICL](/source/International_Computers_Limited). [Siemens Nixdorf](/source/Siemens_Nixdorf) acquired the PAS in 1996  but dropped support in 1998.<ref name="Siemens dumps system">{{cite web |url=http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/siemens-dumps-system/33716.article | title=Siemens dumps system | publisher=HSJ 16 July 1998 }}</ref> The [NPfIT](/source/NPfIT) project was claimed to have deployed a total 141 new generation PAS by 2008 <ref name= "House of Commons">{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm081104/debtext/81104-0001.htm | publisher=House of Commons|title=Tuesday 4 November 2008}}</ref> but this figure had risen to only 170 by 2010.<ref name="NHS: IT Strategy">{{cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2010-01-06a.107.3|publisher=House of Lords | title=NHS: IT Strategy}}</ref>

==Standard PAS Functionality==
PAS Systems provide a number of core essential functions to hospitals:
# [Master Patient Index](/source/Enterprise_Master_Patient_Index)
# Appointment Booking
# Waiting List Management
# Record of Patient Activity
# Activity Returns/Billing
# Reporting
# Admission

==References==
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