1. Neerogi - A Patient Information
Management System (PIMS)
Imesh Gunaratne
Apache Committer, Technical Lead - WSO2 Inc
14th November 2013, Base Hospital Wathupitiwala, Sri Lanka

2. The Initiative
How did this initiative began?

3. The Initiative
➔ This PIMS project was initiated by Dr. Thusith
Gunawardane.
➔ It was developed in my free time.
➔ We named it Neerogi. The name might change.
➔ Published on the internet as an open source software
project: http://github.com/neerogi
➔ Initially being used at Base Hospital Wathupitiwala,
Sri Lanka.

4. Advantages of Using A PIMS
Why use a such system?

5. Advantages of Using A PIMS
➔ Quick access to patient information.
➔ Improved data collection
➔ Increased staff productivity
➔ Increased patient satisfaction with services
➔ Improved communication between departments
➔ Quality of care
➔ Reduced medical errors
➔ More efficient use of staff time

6. Aggregated Patient Data
➔ A PIMS could analyze patient data in an aggregated
manner.
➔ For an example patient data could be summarized in
different medical specialities and analyze results.
➔ The results could highlight various aspects of medical
specialities.
➔ Based on gender, age groups, regions, time period, etc.
➔ This technology is called BIG Data in IT.

7. Benefits of Aggregated Patient Data
➔ Useful in national level planning
➔ Programme management
➔ Monitoring and evaluation
➔ Disease surveillance
➔ Understanding disease trends

8. What Could Neerogi Do?
The Functionality of The System

9. What Could Neerogi Do?
➔ Manage Hospital Information
◆ Hospital
● Doctors Information

10. What Could Neerogi Do?
➔ Manage Patient Information.
◆ Patient’s Personal Information
◆ Allergies
◆ Social History
◆ Consultations
◆ Medical Conditions

11. What Could Neerogi Do?
◆ Medical Conditions
● Medical Speciality/Sub Speciality
● Diagnosis
● History
● Examination Findings
● Problems Identified
● Management Plan
● Follow Up
● Investigations & Treatments

12. Demonstration
A live demonstration of Neerogi

13. Conclusion
➔ Neerogi is a Free and Open Source Patient Information
Management System (PIMS).
➔ Anyone could contribute to it by:
◆ Suggesting features
◆ Writing documentation: https://github.
com/neerogi/neerogi/wiki
◆ Reporting issues: https://github.
com/neerogi/neerogi/issues

14. References
➔ Management of Patient Information - World Health
Organization:
http://apps.who.
int/iris/bitstream/10665/76794/1/9789241504645_eng
.pdf

15. Thank you