Technologies in Health
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Computer based Hospital Information Management System
(HIMS)
Introduction
A computer based Hospital Information
Management System has been developed for information
management in a health care centre. This is a software
package for processing and management of various hospital
information. The entire system consists of various information
modules catering to different activities of a hospital.
The information is fed into the computer through interactive
terminals using various specially designed computer
screen forms. The centralized information can be accessed
from any place in the hospital complex through the distributed
terminals. The advantages of the system are availability
of an orderly set of patient information, faster retrieval
of documents, decentralised access to data bank, systematic
archival, uniformity in information format, better clarity,
higher accuracy etc.
Functions
This package consists of different
sub modules providing many useful functions like:
Patient registration pathological
investigations
Radiological investigations
Patient admission/discharge
Pharmacy inventory management
Patient medical records for patients
of ICCU
Kitchen & diet
Salient features
Totally user friendly
High degree of data security
Portability to other platforms
Easy & faster data entry and
retrieval
Stringent data validation
Easy adaptability to other hospitals
Specifications
Hardware
Time sharing mini computer
More than 25 terminals
Software
UNIX Operating system RDBMS &
3GLS
Contact for
more information Head,
Technology Transfer & Collaboration Division,
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre,
Trombay, Mumbai - 400 085
Tel : 091-022-25505337/25593897
Fax : 091-022-25505151
E-mail : headttcd@barc.gov.in
