Telemedicine allows health care professionals to evaluate, diagnose and treat patients at a distance using telecommunications technology. The approach has been through a striking evolution in the last decade and it is becoming an increasingly important part
Using telemedicine as an alternative to in-person visits has a host of benefits for patients and providers alike.
Medstarhis Hospital management system can be installed and accessed from various mobile platforms like Apple IOS (Ipad), Android, Windows etc.which allows the users to view & transact information from the application while on the move.
Administrative Functions:Registration of patients by the front office staff
Admission Request for a patient by a doctor
Referral of a patient to another specialist
Approval of discounts request by the authorized manager
Approval of Purchase Requisitions to process for preparation of purchase orders
Clinical Functions:View Results of Investigations requested, especially critical or abnormal results
View EMR of a patient referred by another doctor
Order prescriptions based on test results
Stop any of the ordered medications for a patient, based on test results
Place instructions to the nursing staff regarding a patient’s care
Initiation of discharge of a patient, based on results of a particular test result waited for
Decisions can be readily captured by the nurses with the aid of customizable pre-filled data under various subsections. The information captured by the nurses can be viewed by the Physician in the Medinous outpatient management software.
Option to collect /view patient vital parameters
View Electronic Patient Medical record
Physician order entry, diagnosis
Patient’s medical allergies and alerts
Capture patient’s complaints
Ordering (clinical and non-clinical)
Link patient to a suitable health package
Medical alerts
Package registration
Patient’s visit history
The doctor’s workbench is the gateway for doctors to the hospital management system software.It provides for a single point access to current and future appointments, past history, reminders, latest laboratory/radiology test results for both outpatients and inpatients.
List of appointments booked for the current day or any future day
List of outpatients most recently seen by the physician
List of inpatients admitted in the hospital under the care of the physician
List of pending surgeries scheduled for the physician
Patient history as a drill down from each of the above list
Details of tests completed, aborted, cancelled, or Pending
Drill down to reports/charts for each episode
Alerts/reminders to the doctor
Results of ordered laboratory/radiology tests
Physician recordings under the four broad heads - SOAP (Subjective, Objective, Assessment and Plan) as followed by most physicians all over the world.
The Inpatient Management module of the hospital management system is designed to manage all Inpatient department needs.
View BED /ROOM /WARD occupation and availability matrix
Bed blocking option
Patient cost estimate
Multi-level admission process (admission requests, request approvals, admission cost estimate, bed allocation and final admission)
Physician Order Entry, Progress notes/Round reports
Drill down to reports/charts for each episode
The nursing management module helps to develop a care plan to enhance the quality of patient care. Flow of information from other clinical modules ensures the nursing staff is well aware about each patient and gives them the access to required clinical details, Nursing module facilitates smooth flow of nursing activities in the hospital. Managing nursing tasks is a piece of cake using our tool. HIMS nursing module helps developing a care plan to improve quality of patient care. Flow of information from other clinical modules ensures the nursing staff is well aware about each patient, giving them access to necessary clinical details.
Salient featuresPatient Charting : A patient’s vital signs, admission and nursing assessments and nursing notes can be entered into the system. These are the stored in a central repository and retrieved when needed.
Clinical Data Integration : Here clinical information from all the disciplines can be retrieved, viewed and analyzed by nursing staff.
Better care planning : Time spent on care planning is reduced, while the quality of what is recorded is improved. This makes for more complete care plans and more complete assessments and evaluations.
Drug administration : Electronically prescribed drugs are more legible, thus making it less likely that drugs would be wrongly administered to patients.
The patient registration and Appointment scheduling module is an efficient Hospital management system that eases capturing of pertinent information of the patients.
Patient Registration DetailsInpatient and Outpatient Registration
Medical Alerts Details
Appointment Scheduling (Patient/Doctor wise)
Doctor's Schedule Summary
Doctors Daily Schedule List
Patient Visit History
Medical Record Movements
Appointments for Radiology tests and Operation
Appointments for Radiology tests and Operation
Patient Visit Slip
Sponsorship Details
Radiology is a branch of medicine that uses imaging technology to diagnose and treat disease. Radiology may be divided into two different areas, diagnostic radiology and interventional radiology. Doctors who specialize in radiology are called radiologists. Methodologies for the radiologists to interpret and infer results reducing their time consumption and effort.
Salient featuresEfficient utilization of resources- Duty roster for radiologist and equipment
Investigation details
Tests/Investigations performed by each technician/radiologist for selected date range
Doctor wise tests/investigations prescribed
Details of tests completed, aborted, cancelled, or Pending
Results entry made simpler with efficient RTF format Reports
Easy retrieval of patient data at any phase of a radiology request
The Laboratory module automates the investigation request and the process involved in delivering the results to the concerned department/doctor of the hospital. The Laboratory module caters to Biochemistry, Cytology, Hematology, Microbiology, Serology, and Neurology. The Lab module provides the following functionalities :
Provision to set reference range for each tests
Delta values and trend analysis
Alerts for abnormal results
Sample Result Entry
Bulk Sample Request
Sample Details
Samples Received from External Laboratory
Samples Dispatch to External Reference Laboratory
Investigation and Treatment History
Test reports can be made confidential. Tests can be performed only after the billing is done. This rule is exempted when the case is declared as Urgent. In addition, this module facilitates investigations for referral patients.
The Pharmacy Module will provide interfaces for entering patient prescriptions, tracking orders to be filled in the pharmacy, and for dispensing drugs.The Pharmacy Module caters to the retail Outpatient pharmacy, General Outpatient pharmacy, the ward and Inpatient Pharmacies.
Salient Features:Drug definition based on Generic name, Brand Name, form Name and Drug strength
Multi Units of Measurement and multi-currency
Stock Control
Drug association to suppliers
Dosage calculation
Contra indications
Enquiry generation
Purchase order generation
Quotations based on enquiry
Drug Expiry control
General Stores and Inventory module deals with Purchase of Items, Issue of Items, Maintenance of Stock, Automatic Reorder level Setting Online request for stock from various sub-stores. Online stock transfer, maintenance of stock at different sub-stores, Physical stock verification and adjustment, Return of items to supplier etc.
General Stores/InventoryStock management
Multi AUOM and Multi currency system
Stock Purchase through Enquiry generation
Purchase order generation and processing- LPO, Emergency
Purchase order, Principal and Blanket PO
Quotations and Purchase Requisitions
Invoice verification and management
Supplier management and supplier payment bucket facility available.
The EMR Module is a fully integrated knowledge repository that caters to Medical and clinical records of patients in the hospital. The system supports medical professionals of various departments of the hospital with relevant information like medical examinations, diagnoses, treatment histories, test results and so on. The module provides access to critical and complete patient data that leads to high quality, cost effective and efficient patient care. The EMR has the following features.
Salient featuresPatient Search with Various Search Strings
Patient Demographic Viewing
Previous Visit Details
Medical History of the Patient
Billing Details of Patien
Details of tests completed, aborted, cancelled, or Pending
In addition the medical professionals can view investigation requests, prescriptions, reports and other clinical details. The system provides separate access rights for each part of the EMR. The patient medical file can be viewed, retrieved and emailed.
The hospital billing system automates the whole billing process and makes it easy with all the backend calculations for copayment and discounts to bring transparency and accountability.
FeaturesFlexible invoice management screen
Separate OP and IP billing queue screens
Sponsorship conditions creation and management
Conversion of cash patient to sponsor and vice versa
Advance collection and adjustment on final billing
Multiple plans or categories can be created for one or many patients
Easy inclusion and exclusion of services/pharmacy from the plan in the category
Tracking ability on the services utilized under a package with suitable prompts.
The Financial Accounting Module deals with Cash/Bank, Receipt/Payments, Journal Voucher and General Ledger etc. Books like Cashbook, Bankbook and Ledger books can be generated. This module generates reports like Trial Balance, Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss statement. The Financial Accounting Screens describe the Account Payable, Account Receivable and General Ledger. Also describe the activities related to IP, OP, Bank related activities and provision to clearing the Supplier Invoice and keep track of the Account Receivable and Revenue related activities. The services that are covered by the sponsor companies, Insurance Agencies, Family Accounts, Individual Accounts, sponsorship details of the patient, Health Card Insurance are recorded in the system.
Telemedicine, also referred to as telehealth or e-medicine, is the remote delivery of healthcare services, including exams and consultations, over the telecommunications infrastructure. Telemedicine allows healthcare providers to evaluate, diagnose and treat patients without the need for an in-person visit.