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Challenges in implementing EMR in Indian hospitals

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

We get calls from hospitals all over the state asking for Electronic Medical Records (EMR software) , as part of the ERP solution for hospitals. EMR certainly improves quality of healthcare and keeps patient records up to date.

Recent advances in technology could bring about changes in the way EMR is looked at.? Tablet PC powered by Android would help portability, affordability and build interfaces that require no keyboard input.

Truth about EMR in India  - management commitment,  complexity, resistance to change, digital divide among medical community,  fear of the unknown, regulatory compliance, installation cost and transparency.  Here are some articles of interest.

EMR is a tough nut to crack

Integrating the deliverables in organisation goals would be another way of effectively implementing EMR in hospitals Workflow adoption is citied as another reason for EMR implementations to fail.

What doctors want to know about the web

Hospital implementation – March 2010

Friday, April 9th, 2010

Software Associates completed 8 SA-H.I.S installations within stipulated time across South Kerala during March 2010. Providing comprehensive end user training, hands on business consulting for hospital owners, ERP Implementation and legacy data conversion for a textbook style go live on 1st April. This was orchestrate through meticulous project execution, co-ordination with teams based at Kochi, Trivandrum and Kozhikode using modern communication and collaborative tools to meet hospital expectations – backed by over 2 decades of domain expertise for small and medium size hospitals. The new clients appreciated the insights into measurable return on investment, reduction in operational costs, improvements in patient discharge processes and enhancing patient overall experience for better management control and peace of mind.

Hospital Management Workshop at Kollam – A grand success!!

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Our half day endeavor for providing best management practices to time stretched hospital mangers.and doctor owners materialized into a perfect opportunity for the participants to quell their doubts and take home best of practices from experts gathered at Kollam

At the end of the half day programme the participants concluded that for getting maximum benefit out of their hospital setup all departments like HR, Finance, Marketing, Operations need to work in sync. Some of the basic but most important processes in a hospital like material management, inventory management need to be given more importance. Need of a seamless Hospital Information System for effective management of resources was also appreciated.

The workshop saw experts from across the country to assemble and give valuable input to the gathered audience. Dr Mohan Nair, leading ISO consultant and Managing Director of Nair’s hospital started the event with a talk on ISO standards in hospitals, which effectively set the mood for rest of the show. Another highly appreciated talk by the audience was given by Software Associates’ Director Mr Duleep Sahadevan on Cost reduction techniques at various departments of a Hospital. Overall the participants really enjoyed the event and readily wished for more of such programmes in future.For them the event was not only a learning opportunity but also a perfect destination to de stress themselves and enjoy blue waters of Quilon. The scenic view from the conference hall added to the workshop environment and the food served, a mix of north and south Indian cuisine was greatly cherished.

For us, Software Associates, the event gave a chance to reaffirm our pledge of providing best to our guests at lowest possible cost J. Taking cue from the grand success of the event we are determined to provide many such opportunities to hospital owners and doctors in the coming future.


Peace of mind – Shekar Nethralaya Bangalore

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Year established : 1999
No.of beds : 35
Specialities: Eye Hospital / Super Speciality Eye Hospital

2. Why did you choose Software Associates

We had tried three software providers and were not happy with post sales service. We were looking for some one who can bring in value through software into our practice. Came across Software Associates through web. We reached them and the initial interactions were good. But still we wanted to be doubly make sure and we made a trip to Kozhikode office. We interacted with their clients, end users and also found about their emphasis on quality product. Super post installation and support and above all extremely good work ethics. They were our obvious choice.

3. Software Associates is different..

a) Good Domain knowledge
b) Excellent Team
c) Quick grasp of subject
d) Least time that a client needs to spend to communicate to them – their domain knowledge
e) Clear Communications
f) Delivery of products on time and as required
g) We hear “yes” from them more number of times than from our earlier service providers.

4. Immediate benefits of installing SA-H.I.S

a) An excellent system of patient management
b) Predictable work in spite of staff rotations
c) Patient waiting time has reduced
d) Appointment system streamlined
e) Communication gaps of conventional system are fully eliminated

5. Administrative Benefits : Too good. I feel to have good control of situation.

a) Operating expenses : Hope to cut it down by 20 to 40%. It is early to comment now.
b) Accurate billing : A great benefit.
c) Lower Inventory : It may take 2 to 4 months.
d) Pilferage control : Yes. We have done it 100% . Peace of mind.
e) Monitoring : Very important benefit. While away, I feel too comfortable as my organization can be monitored easily through net, SMS.
f) Long term planning : The statistics and success and failure of our various projects can be
monitored through analysis and reports. Helps in long term planning.

6. Patient Satisfaction

It has created a ‘wow’ effect. They feel that they are being pampered after implementing
the patient flow management system. The document management system allows easy
access to past visit records.

7. Management Benefits

Happy patients, happy employees, a silent but fiercely competent H.I.S as the back bone of all this is truly an asset for management. Management gets all the important inputs from the data and can implement its vision through a systematic H.I.S.

8. Doctor Benefits

Patient data management, analysis of patient patterns, disease statistics, patient time monitoring, doctor efficiency monitoring. In brief within seconds to minutes, we get data at our desktop.

9. Organisation perception

An excellent decision of choosing Software Associates. They delivered beyond our expectations.

10. Which departments are most benefited

Nearly all departments.

11. Which departments are least benefited

We cannot think of any.

12. What would be approximate overall cost savings on using HIS in your organisation

It is a little early to comment on this now. May be after six months.

13. How much management time is saved every day

Yes, approximately 60 – 70%. We could not believe ourselves. It is simply peace of mind.

Why not when Software Associates can design something which can do so well !!

SA-H.I.S is powered by a Linux server

Dr. Y L Rajashekar