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Restructuring at a leading hospital in Kozhikode

Monday, January 19th, 2009

We were approached by the client to undertake a process revamp to the operations, as part of the overall brand building exercise, besides installing and implementing H.I.S replacing the 4th software service provider since inception.

Our team of experienced implementation specialists worked round the clock in hand holding the customer to bring about the transformation.

- Problem areas discovered in current software
  • Could not track visit and re-visit of out patients
  • No credit billing facilities (in patients / insurance)
  • No file system for tracking inpatient records
  • Lack of automated patient enquiry system
  • Lab results and bills had no checks and balances
  • No stock reports in pharmacy
  • No stock verification mechanism in the software
  • Unable to track company / supplier stock
  • Ability to edit stock as and when required
  • No expiry tracking feature
  • No consolidated reporting engine
- How we assisted the hospital in improving operations
  • Introducing best practices in hospital processes
  • Involving in hospital inventory stock taking
  • Changing hospital billing habits
  • Training operators for efficiency
  • Fine tuning admission and discharge procedures
  • Improving on inter department communications
  • Bringing accountability at cash counters
-  Benefits derived by the hospital after implementing SA-H.I.S (Phase 1)
  • Substantial improvement in department collections
  • Reduction in cost of serving the patient
  • Integration within department functions
  • Single point contact for patient
  • Improvement in hospital cash flow
  • Lowered hospital inventory
  • Improved patient satisfaction
The hospital is equipped with the latest IBM server running Windows 2003 and 20 Windows Vista workstations.