Features of Healthcare Information System

Appointment Scheduling

• The appointments of the doctor and other para-medical staff like the physiotherapist and dietitian can be managed with this module. Appointments can be advanced, postponed depending on the availability of the time slots. Provision to adjust the time slot for the appointment depending on the pattern of the consultant is available.

Out Patient Management

• Registration
  Registration captures all the patient identifying information, contact and billing details, source of referral to the hospital under a unique Patient Id that remains constant. The details captured here do not need to be re-entered at any level and show up at every relevant screen related to the patient.
• Pre Registration / Self Registration
  New Patient can enter their details in terminals that are available in the hospital to facilitate their registration entries faster.
  A follow up or review patient can do a self registration by entering their ID and Date of birth to facilitate minimizing his waiting time.
  
• Out Patient Billing
  Billing happens differentiating the patient as Self, corporate and Insurance patients. Different tariff for the services depending on the company can be set.

Settlements

• Batch Process
  The settlement of the out patients happen in batches. The bills generated are clubbed together as batches and the bill details are sent to the company for the receipt of payment.
• Settlement
  The payments received in batches are captured. If one or more bills are not paid for any reason by the company, this module tracks it down and sends reminders.

OT Scheduling


This module facilitates the theatre management. Multiple theatre option with marking the theatre for any specialization or general surgery can be done. The theatre scheduling is colour coded. Shifting surgeries from one theatre to another is made possible. Preponement, postponement of the surgeries depending on the availability of the surgeons is available. Time slot for the individual theatre is made possible.

• Surgery Records
  Surgery records are maintained theatre wise and surgeon wise. Average time for the surgery depending on the surgeon and surgery is available during scheduling to block the theatre. This includes
• Theatre Inventory
  Items maintained in the theatre are tracked. Consumption and replacement of the materials during surgery is tracked.

OP Pharmacy and IP Pharmacy

• OP Pharmacy and IP Pharmacy dispenses medicines to the patients. IP pharmacy gives provision to transfer the bills to the patient account, where it can be handled during the discharge of the patient.

In Patient Admission

• Admission of the patient is handled by the Admission module. Admission handles the allotment of bed to the patient depending on his requirement and tracks the doctor whose care the patient is taken into.

Bed Status and Management

• The management of bed is done in this module. The status of every bed and patients occupying the room can be viewed in this module. Bed awaiting , cleaning and bed under maintenance, vacant and occupied can be tracked in this module.
  The transfer of patient from one bed to another is done through this module. Bed management module is color coded and graphically represented.

In Patient Billing

• In patient billing handles the patients who are self paid, corporate and insurance paid. The bills of the corporate and Insurance companies are sent to the companies in batches and the amount received is tracked.
  Tariffs can be individualized for every company. Company bill and patient bill are generated depending on the credit limit for the patient.

Ward and ICU Management

• The management of the patients in the ward and ICU is done using this module. Investigations can be ordered from the ward or ICU where the lab is prompted as soon as the investigations are ordered.
  All the entries made in the ward or ICU is automatically taken into the discharge summary.

Automatic Discharge Summary

• Discharge summary creation and printing is handled in this module. Standard templates can be added and the details from the Ward and ICU is taken into the discharge summary.

Finance Module

• All the bills sent for payments are tracked in this module. This module handles the receipts and payments to various suppliers.

Security and Audit Trail

• The system has multi level security system and audit trail is implemented for all modules. Every transaction done by the user is tracked. Users, Groups and Roles can be created and the roles are mapped to the users or groups.

Features of Laboratory Information System

Laboratory Management

• Configuration of a test
  System provides an option to configure tests. This includes
  Test names
  Department name to which it belongs to
  Required sample
  Methods of test.
  Reference ranges for each component
  Type of Result
  Numeric (Blood Sugar, Urea, etc)
  Alpha Numeric Short Text (Blood Grouping and Rh Factor)
  Paragraph Text (Blood Smear, Biopsy Report, etc)
  Special Test (GTT, Haemogram, Semen Analysis, etc)
  Culture and Sensitivity
  (The format of Result entry varies for every type Result.) Unit for the Result
  Panic Value ranges for the biochemical tests.
  
• Samples
  System provides an option to create sample names by the authorized user. Any number of specific new sample names can be created.
• Profiles
  System provides an option to define Profiles. Profiles are mapped to tests.
• Antibiotics
  System provides an option to add Antibiotics to the master list for the culture antibiotic sensitivity etc by the authorized lab user.
• Results Entry
  Results can be entered manually or it will be read from the equipment – interfaced data, which is done through equipment. When the entered result falls under panic values, alert can be given to the users for all biochemical tests.
• Results Printing
  Results will be printed with Normal Ranges.
  Individual test results printing.
  Bill wise Result printing
  Printing is allowed only once . Reprinting can be done only by authorized User.
• Test wise Results entry
  When the tests are done in a batch, user can choose this option to enter the Test results in a batch with respect to each test.
• Indication of highs/lows/panic levels
  System flags high, low and panic values against the results captured for all the biochemical tests.

Radiology


This module has comprehensive features required to perform the clinical and administrative functions and to generate relevant repots.

• Configuration of an Investigation
  System provides an option to configure tests. This includes :
  Investigation names
  Department name to which it belongs to
  The film size used
  
• Result Templates
  System provides an option to create multiple result templates to facilitate reporting with ease.
• Film Consumption
  The system captures the film consumed for the test. Double exposures can be trapped.

Material Management System


Material Management systems include, central purchase, mainstore to transfer goods to various sub stores and from sub stores to various departments and the pharmacy.

• Purchases
  Purchase is centralized for every substore and the pharmacy. Items are tagged with suppliers and the system prompts the best price and bonus available for the items.
  Settlement of the suppliers option is available.
• Sub Stores
  Any number of sub stores can be created and the stocks are maintained individually for each sub store.
  Stock is transferred from the centralized mainstore and purchase and expiry returns are taken care of by the main store.
  Transfer of goods between sub stores is available. Items to be returned due to various reasons are transferred to main store from where it reaches the suppliers.