Mapping of Patient Distribution in ICU Room of Regional General Hospital of Meranti Islands in 2018

Abstract

Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer-based information system used to process and strore geographic data or information. One of the health services in a hospital is Intensive Care Unit (ICU). One of the decision making in RSUD of Meranti Islands Municipality is based on the hospital activity report. The purpose was to map the patient distribution by using geographic information system application to prodce reporting using a map. The type of this research was qualitative descriptive. The research results based on the ICU patient distribution showed that the highest patient visit based on the sub-district is from Tebing Tinggi. Based on the gender, the most frequently treated patient is male. In the age category, the highest patient visit is elderly of 44 people, and the lowest children age group of 3 people. Based on the distribution, it can be concluded that the procedure of BPJS patient is appropriate and has similar procedure with general patient and SKTM patient. The suggestion includes creating patient distribution mapping based on the diesases to allow us to see the general patient distribution in ICU, which should be provided with excellent services, so that the patients satisfied with the services provided.