Kathmandu, May 3
District Hospital Gulmi
in Lumbini Province has upgraded its health information system with the
implementation of web-based Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system.
This will enable the
hospital to keep digital record of the patients’ medical reports and also help
improve diagnosis as well as overall healthcare quality through readily
available patient-medical information.
The up-gradation also
includes the implementation of two important features health insurance and District
Health Information System (DHIS)2 interoperability, said Cogent Health Pvt.
Ltd, a company that upgraded the system, in a press statement on Thursday.
As regards to health
insurance feature, the hospital’s EMR system is now integrated with openIMIS,
health insurance management platform of the government’s Health Insurance
Board.
This helps the hospital check insurance
eligibility of patients and make insurance claims digitally through the EMR
system directly enabling the hospital to provide more prompt service to the
patients as well as ensure quicker claim settlement.
Similarly, the DHIS2
integration now links the hospital information system with the government’s (Health
Management Information System) reporting platform enabling the hospital medical
recorder to send monthly HMIS reports directly through the hospital EMR system.
Additionally, the
hospital is also gearing to implement online appointment and patient portal
service enabling their patients to book and pay for doctor appointments through
mobile wallets and access test reports online.
The system upgradation has
been supported by Nick Simons Institute and implemented by Cogent Health Pvt.
Ltd.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 4 June 2022.
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