Railways Implements Hospital Management Information System in over 156 Health Facilities

New Delhi, September 04: To boost faster, seamless, hassle-free health care, the Pan India Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) is being asked to be implemented by the RailTel, which is a Miniratna PSU of Ministry of Railways and C-DAC- A unit (e-shushrut), under the of Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, at 129 railway hospitals along with 586 health units to bring the entire Railway Health System on a single architecture.

 

 

HMIS has already been positioned more than 156 Health facilities across Indian Railways. Further deployment will be carried out in 2021.

 

HMIS solution is going to cover the whole scale of clinical care along with Hospital Administration with 20 modules relevant to Railway Hospitals. The modules cover both - core as well as ancillary needs of Hospital management like areas of OPD, IPD, Labs, OT, Blood Bank, Pharmacy, Referrals, Medical Examinations and Reimbursement of Medical Claims etc.

 

 

 

A mobile App has also been developed, through which patients can access their Electronic Medical Record (EMR) from anywhere. Features like tele-consultation, lab report access, Medicines given to patients, self-registration, etc. have also been provided via the app.

 

This system is integrable with National Digital health Mission program of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The HMIS has been synchronized with several digital initiatives of Indian Railway like Unique Medical ID (UMID), IPASS, ARPAN etc.