Question : On which date Indian Railways launched the Hospital Management Information System trial project ?
(a) 11 December,2020
(b) 8 December,2020
(c) 4 December,2020
(d) 1 December,2020
Answer (a)
Related facts
- Indian Railways has recently(11 December, 2020) launched Hospital Management Information System Trial Project.
- The trail project has been launched over South Central Railway.
Significance
- It is actually an IT initiative for the well-being of work force.( best health care facilities to the work force with the help of information technology)
Patients waiting time at the railway hospitals will be minimized and medical records will be available to the team of doctors at all the times. - The new system will improve the quality of health services and aid in utilization of resources in a transparent manner.
Modules of HMIS and location of trail hospital
- The HMIS in Railways has been developed by Indian Railways in coordination with RailTel Corporation Limited.
- Presently, 3 Modules of HMIS – Registration, OPD Doctor Desk & Pharmacy – arebeing taken up implemented.
- These 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(South Central Railway).
Transparent manner
‘Transparent manner’ will be maintain through following steps
(1) Registration Module covers the integration of UMID with automatic validation of beneficiary in a seamless manner without any difficulty to the patient.
(2) OPD Desk Module covers all the process of Patient Examination and Diagnosis details which will help in generating the Electronic Medical Records.
(3) The Pharmacy Module seamlessly connects to easily dispense the medicines prescribed by the doctor and optimise inventory management.
By — Pankaj Pandey.