Summary:
As part of the system, patients will be given a unique number at the time of admission. It has identified 80 points for PACS.The hospital caters to over a thousand in-patients and around 2,000 outpatients every day. Hence, it was decided to implement the system and overhaul the entire operation to almost reduce human intervention and extend value-added services to the patients. This will help doctors in providing follow-up treatments and take decisions effectively.KIMS was in the last stage of installing the Local Area Network. KIMS called for tender and awarded the contract the same.“Since the matter is in court, KIMS is mulling alternatives so that patients do not suffer,” said KIMS director Dr Ramalingappa Antaratani.KIMS was about to spend Rs 1 crore for the implementation of e-hospital and PACS..