Indian Railways on December 11, 2020 launched IT initiative-the ‘Hospital Management Information System (HMIS)’ towards according priority for the well-being of its work force.
HMIS Features and Objectives
- The HMIS in Railways has been developed by Indian Railways in coordination with RailTel Corporation Limited.
- The objective of the HMIS is to provide a single window of clearance of hospital administration activity such as clinical, diagnostics, pharmacy, examinations, industrial health etc.
- The primary objectives of envisaged solution are:
- Effectively manage all the health facilities & its resources
- Monitor performance of hospitals across the administrative channel
- Impart quality health care services to its beneficiaries
- Improve the patient turn-around time
- Generate and maintain EMR (electronic medical records) of all patients
