Hospital Information Management Systems (HIMS) are becoming essential for efficiently managing clinical and financial hospital data as the healthcare sector grows. Implementing a HIMS provides advantages like tracking overall hospital performance, but also faces barriers such as costs, training needs, and technology integration challenges. Hospital consultants can help hospitals select and implement an appropriate HIMS by assessing needs, reviewing options, selecting a vendor and system, developing an implementation plan, overseeing training and commissioning, and ensuring issues are addressed. While challenging initially, HIMS ultimately help streamline processes and improve patient care quality.

1. Hospital Information
Management System

2. Information Technology in Healthcare
 Hospital Information Management System has become the
need of the hour due to the rapidly evolving healthcare
sector and growing emphasis on regularization of healthcare
services
 The management of all clinical and non-clinical data in a
hospital is of utmost importance. Managing financial data of
a hospital is as important as managing the patient’s clinical
records.
 The management also needs to track the performance of the
hospital with the help of tools such as the Management
Information System (MIS) to ensure optimum performance.
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3. Advantages of a good HIMS System
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4. Major barriers for HIMS implementation
in a hospital
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Cost Time taken for
implementation Staff training
Resistance from
certain internal
and external
stake holders
Level of
technology and
Integration
with existing
software’s and
applications
Lack of
knowledge of
HIMS systems
available and
the ability to
make an
appropriate
selection

5. How can hospital consultants help with
Hospital Information Management System?
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Assess
• Assess the level of
technology and
modules required
based on the
hospital size and
services offered
• Interview various
stake holders to
understand the
requirements from
the department
perspective
Review
• Review various
existing
applications
• Understand and
analyze the
deficiencies
• Enlist the
department wise
requirements
Select
• Provides HIMS
selection advisory
• Undertake a techno-
commercial analysis
of the modules and
services offered by
different vendors
based on select
parameters
• Recommend
appropriate vendor
and application
modules
Implement
• Develop a phase-
wise
implementation
plan in coordination
with the hospital
and the HIMS team
• Supervise training
of staff and dry run
• Oversee the
commissioning of
HIMS
• Review the MIS
reports generated

6. HIMS implementation
 An applicable HIMS can go a long way in improving the
hospital operations management and the quality of
patient care
 However, it also very important to ensure that the key
pain points are addressed and resolved in the initial
stages of planning and implementation
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Incorrect access and view
rights
Inadequate reports
Insufficient and
incorrect data entry by
staff
No integration with
existing software
Untrained staff

7. Conclusion
 Although HIMS planning and implementation might seem as an extensive,
costly and time consuming process in the initial phase, in the long run it
helps streamline hospital processes and in turn improves quality of
patient care and patient satisfaction
 However, it is imperative to select the appropriate HIMS as per the needs
of the healthcare organization and ensure proper implementation
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