Implementation of Hospital Information System is the need of the hour. There are several benefits of using an IT system to streamline hospital operations –
a) Data is entered at the source - No more paper slips passed around, fewer errors.
b) Quick access and retrieval to patient information and hospital transactions.
c) Easy monitoring of supplies, inventory and medicines.
d) Reduces documentation needs and minimizes use of paper.
e) Improves turn-around time for hospital procedures dependent on paper-based slips and logbooks.
f) Better audit controls and policy compliance.
g) Streamlining the Hospital operations.
Steward Healthcare provides affordable HIS implementation options even for small healthcare organizations who can’t afford bulky options.
Hospital information System will be catering to both patient centered and management centered modules beneficial to both the parties. The HIS caters to the below listed customizable modules, all the modules complies with the NABH standards –
Patient Registration and Admission – The Modules generates unique hospital identification number which creates a linkage between repeated visits of the same patient to the hospital and helps in future reference of the medical records of the patients. There is also a separate module for Emergency department for faster registration and facilitates in Medico legal cases also. The provision of online appointment management for the patients is also available which includes selecting the doctor, department, doctor wise schedule will be available online, appointment cancellation, SMS alerts etc.
Billing Module – The module caters to both OPD & IPD billing. It includes all the varieties of billing such as - day care surgeries, health checkups and packages, Panel/TPA billing, generation of IPD bills. Billing is activates right from the time of admission and bills can be auto generated on a daily basis which leads to reduction in discharge timings.
Help Desk and Bed Management It provides the complete information of the hospital in a single snapshot giving the details of patients, department wise bed occupancy, information regarding the doctors and other hospital staff etc. It helps in analysis of various NABH indicators such as bed occupancy rate, inpatient days, average length of stay of the patients and helps in generating the marketing strategies for improving the patient foot falls.
Radiology & Laboratory Management The modules completely integrates both radiology and laboratory department with the other clinical departments. It includes investigations requests, tracking the turnaround time of reporting, display of results and highlighting the critical results, tracking the reporting errors to help in improvising the systems.
Blood Bank This module helps in better reporting and management of the blood bank. It stores donor’s information and accordingly helps in issuing of blood and blood components, screening the blood samples and cross matching with the donors information.
Purchase Management This module helps in streamlining the process of purchase in the hospital. It integrates all the departments irrespective of the sub stores. The process involves raising the indents, generation of purchase request, vendor selection and finally generation of the purchase order and Good receipt note (GRN). It also gives the details of the minimum stock, last purchase details. Re-order levels can be auto fed in the system making the process more timely and quick. General Store
General store is the module that links the purchase department with all the consumption departments (such as wards, ICUs, admin etc.) making the process of procurement, consumption and distribution of non – medical items easy and quick in the hospital.
Medical Store module reduces the chances of errors at all the levels of medication management process. It seamlessly integrates the entire process of indenting the medication in the pharmacy based on the doctor’s prescription, dispensing of the medications. This can be linked with the bar coded medication administration. Hence, the process can be made error free at important checkpoints of medication administration process.
Operation Theatre Module As per the requirements of NABH, the OT module involves around OT scheduling and booking the OTs, Pre- anesthesia checkup (PAC) requests and PAC orders by the anesthetist, OT notes, Peri – operative and post-operative monitoring. It integrates the OT with all the other clinical departments and helps in better management of operative patients.
Medical Record Department This module deals with proper management, storage and easy retrieval of the patient’s medical records with the help of file trackers.
Human Resource Management This module deals with comprehensive Human resource management of the hospital. It includes strategic manpower planning based on the requirement of the hospital and specific department, payrolls, attendance, analysis of absenteeism and attrition rates.
Financial Management The HIS can be integrated with Tally also. This module helps in streamlining the financial and accounting section of the hospital. It also helps in financial estimations for the upcoming years, budget allocations for various departments and balance sheets etc.