Indian Railways secures hospital management system

Secunderabad: Indian Railways has launched a major IT initiative towards according priority for the well-being of its workforce. A hospital Management Information System (HMIS) trial project was launched by Dr B P Nanda, Director General, Railway Health Services, through virtual means on Friday.

Gajanan Mallya, General Manager, SCR, noted that HMIS project is one more IT application being launched for the benefit of the huge workforce and their beneficiaries. SCR pioneered several IT initiatives like e-Office, e-Drawing Approval System, UMID, etc which have been implemented across the railways, he pointed out. The implementation of HMIS will develop good amount of data (like Electronic Medical Records) and will help the medical fraternity not only in curative procedures but also preventive medical systems. It is expected to economise the drug management and better utilization of resource management.

The HMIS has been developed by Indian Railways in coordination with RailTel Corporation Limited. 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.

Presently,3 Modules of HMIS – Registration, OPD Doctor Desk & Pharmacy – are being taken up. The three modules are going to be implemented on trial basis at Central Hospital, Lallaguda, and will progressively be implemented across all health units over SCR.