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Hospital Management System (HMS) Wraps Eight Hospitals in TamilNadu

Posted on: 10/Feb/2014 12:14:11 PM

Hospital management system (HMS) involves computerization of patient records.

A representative of TamilNadu Health Systems Project (TNHSP) announced that, HMS will be implemented in Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Stanley Medical College Hospital, and Government Royapettah Hospital and several government medical college hospitals in Vellore, Theni, Madurai and Thanjavur.

Health Management Information System (HMIS) involves four components: HMS, Management Information System (MIS), College Management System (CMS) and University Automation System (UAS).

The Deputy Director of HMIS, TNHSP states that, as the first phase MIS was implemented in all primary health centers in the State; as the second phase, it has been implemented in district headquarter hospitals, Taluk and non-Taluk hospitals.

As the third phase exertion of HMI, about eight Government medical institutions will be envelope by Hospital Management System (HMS). Third phase have been launched by the Health minister Vijaya Baskar at GGH recently.

The rest 37 medical institutions covered by the directorate of medical education will be wrapped in the next upcoming phases. Of the total of Rs.150 Crores allotted for HMIS, Rs.52 Crores is completely for the third phase.

MIS involves computerization of employee data, details of dosage of medicines, name of the consulted doctors and date of the review.