Railways with RailTel launches HMIS trial project over South Central Railway

New Delhi: Indian Railways has launched another major IT initiative towards according priority for the well-being of its workforce. The Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) has been launched by Railway Board's Director General (Railway Health Services) Dr BP Nanda through virtual means on December 11 in the presence of South Central Railway's General Manager Gajanan Mallya. Rail Tel Corporation of India (RailTel)'s Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) Puneet Chawla, South Central Railway's PCMD Dr Prasanna Kumar participated in the program.

Indian Railways in partnership with RailTel is implementing a Hospital Management Information System (HMIS). It is an integrated clinical information system, for Indian Railways' 125 health facilities and 650 polyclinics across India to provide improved hospital administration & patient healthcare. 

All about Hospital Management Information System (HMIS)

The HMIS in Railways has been developed by Indian Railways in coordination with RailTel. 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. The primary objectives of the envisaged solution are:

•    Effectively manage all the health facilities & its resources
•    Monitor performance of hospitals across the administrative channel
•    Impart quality health care services to its beneficiaries
•    Improve the patient turn-around time
•    Generate and maintain EMR (electronic medical records) of all patients

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Presently, three modules of HMIS – registration, OPD Doctor Desk & Pharmacy – are being taken up implemented. These three modules are going to be implemented on a trial basis at the Central Hospital, Lallaguda and will progressively be implemented across all Health Units over SCR. Registration Module covers the integration of UMID with automatic validation of beneficiary in a seamless manner without any difficulty to the patient. OPD Desk Module covers all the process of Patient Examination and Diagnosis details which will help in generating the Electronic Medical Records. The Pharmacy Module seamlessly connects to easily dispense the medicines prescribed by the doctor and optimise inventory management.

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