New Delhi (NVI): Indian Railways has launched the Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) to provide better health care facilities to its work force with the help of information technology.
The HMIS Trial Project has been launched over South Central Railway.
The HMIS is expected to bring a paradigm shift in the health care systems maintained by Indian Railways, as it will improve the quality of health services and aid in utilization of resources in a transparent manner.
The Information System has been developed by Indian Railways in coordination with RailTel Corporation Limited.
The system was launched by BP Nanda, Director General, Railway Health services via video conferencing.
Speaking on the occasion, Nanda stated that the dream of providing best health care facilities to the work force with the help of information technology has come true. The HMIS will bring a paradigm shift in the health care systems maintained by Indian Railways.
Gajanan Mallya, General Manager, South Central Railway, Puneet Chawla, Chairman and Managing Director, Rail Tel Corporation of India, Dr. Prasanna Kumar, PCMD, SCR participated in the programme.
The benefits of Hospital Management Information System are:
1. Patients waiting time at the hospitals will be minimized and medical records will be available to the team of doctors at all times.
2. Indian Railways expects to economize the drug management and better utilization of resource management.
3. This will help in the integration of headquarter hospitals and ancillary centres.
4. The project is likely to have more than 20 modules and will immensely benefit the medical fraternity and hospital beneficiaries.
5. The objective of the HMIS is to provide a single-window of clearance of hospital administration activity such as clinical, diagnostics, pharmacy, examinations, industrial health etc.
-CHK
