New Delhi Dec 28 (FN Bureau) In order to provide hassle free health care facilities to its employees and pensioners, the Indian Railways on Tuesday implemented the Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) at all its 695 hospitals and health care units across the country. Started as a pilot in December 2020, the HMIS is an integrated clinical information system with the basic objective of improved hospital administration and patient healthcare. Talking about this project, Puneet Chawla, CMD, RailTel said, “HMIS will be a sort of game changer for the health care system of Indian Railways. RailTel implemented the project on behalf of Indian Railway on a war footing scale and completed the task in record time despite Covid Pandemic.
“HMIS is another important step in the country’s journey towards digital transformation and will have a positive impact on the lives of more than 75 lakh Railwaymen, Pensioners and their families” he said. “The Web based, multi-module, feature-rich HMIS has been executed by RailTel, Miniratna Central Govt. PSU of Ministry of Railways in association with Centre for Development of Advance Computing (C-DAC),” an official statement said. “HMIS solution covers the entire gamut of Hospital Administration with around 25 modules that are relevant to Railway Hospitals which includes, Clinical, Patient Services & amp; Ancillary Modules viz OPD, IPD, Labs, Pharmacy, Referrals, Medical Examinations, Sick-Fit Certifications, Reimbursement of Medical Claims, Queue Management, Mobile app, Electronic Medical Record, Investigation, Admission Discharge System etc.,” the statement said.
This platform is linked to the Unique Medical Identity (UMID) of employees, for which around 42 lacs UMID cards have been issued by Indian Railways to regular employees, pensioners and family members of the employees. “While in July 2021, total activities (Registration+Doctor Prescription+Lab+Pharmacy+Inpatient Count) on HMIS was 1,72,364 which increased to 7,52,298 in Nov 2021 registering a rise of around 336 percent, It is further expected to increase continuously in future,” said the release.