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New Delhi : Indian Railways has launched another major IT initiative towards according priority to the well being of its work force. The Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) was launched by Dr B P Nanda, Director General, Railway Health services, Railway Board, through virtual means on December 11, 2020, in the presence of Gajanan Mallya, General Manager, South Central Railway (SCR).
Puneet Chawla, Chairman and Managing Director, Rail Tel Corporation of India, and Dr Prasanna Kumar, PCMD, SCR, participated at the programme.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Nanda stated that the dream of providing best health care facilities to the work force with the help of information technology has come true. The HMIS will bring a paradigm shift in the health care systems maintained by Indian Railways. The new system will improve the quality of health services and aid in utilisation of resources in a transparent manner. Patients waiting time at the hospitals will be minimised and medical records will be available to the team of doctors at all the times.
Nanda appreciated the efforts of South Central Railway for its pioneering contribution in the launch of Unique Medical Identification (UMID) over Indian Railways and the launch of new IT initiative HMIS.
Gajanan Mallya, General Manager, SCR, said it is a proud moment for SCR to be part of HMIS project, which is one more IT application being launched on Indian Railways for the benefit of its huge workforce and their beneficiaries. SCR pioneered several IT initiatives like e-Office, e-Drawaing Approval System, UMID, etc which have been implemented across the Railways. He opined that implementation of HMIS will develop good amount of data (like Electronic Medical Records) and will help the medical fraternity not only in curative procedures but also preventive medical systems. It is expected to economise the drug management and better utilisation of resource management.
Puneet Chawla, Chairman and Managing Director, RailTel Corporation, stated that implementation of HMIS will benefit all the stakeholders with the integration of headquarters hospitals and ancillary centres. The project is likely to have more than 20 modules and will immensely benefit the medical fraternity and hospital beneficiaries.
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.