subject: Hospital Softwares Are Now Boon To Every Hospitals Across Globe [print this page] The Delivary of effective healthcare service to the customer requires the hospitals systems and processes to be very high order. It is used in every part of healthcare delivery to patients.Seventy percentage of healthcare delivery is through IT enabled systems and environment.There are many good ERP application that helps to manage HIS, EMR, Administrative and Finance Functions, Lab Information Management Systems with Bi-directional communication to lab equipments, completely integrated RIS and PACs that helps seamless workflow of radiology imaging and reporting and in house blood bank management system. Today infact there are lot of hospitals who have their own proprietary hospital information system that operates at each of their branches, enabling seamless record keeping and accurate billing. The Doctors have the ability to call up patient medical records electronically and make diagnostic and progress notes during consultation. Doctors are able to order by computer lab tests, radiology scans and prescriptions from their office. All the above features enable an excellent patient experience by enabling faster and accurate process. Every Healthcare organization must make sure the HIS implemented is compared to standards like HL7, DICOM, so and on , so that they can exchange data with other systems within the organization. It will invariably be found in due course of time, any standalone HIS system will have to start exchanging information with other systems in the organization or even in the region. The Secret of success in implementing a HIS lies in designing and configuring the system to optimally suit the clinical workflow and process of the concerned clinical environment rather than trying to completely redesign the clinical workflow and processes of the concerned clinical environment to suit the HIS. Of course this transition period presents an opportunity to improve and streamline the clinics workflow and processes for better efficiency. Experts advise health organizations to first implement the ambulatory EMR, get a feel of the electronic culture and the change it brings about, before going in for the more intense implementation of an inpatient EMR. From the patients perspective also it makes more sense, as normally a patient takes many more visits to the clinic or doctors office , than admissions into a hospital
