A few more civic-run hospitals are about to start a health management information system (HMIS) in order to record patients' case study digitally. While the pilot project was first started in five civic-run dispensaries and later, in BYL Nair Hospital and Kasturba Hospital, three more hospitals will be setting up the system to record data. With an aim to maintain all case histories of patients in an organised manner, the civic-run hospitals in the city are getting ready to introduce the HMIS. Other peripheral hospitals like Dr RN Cooper Hospital, Rajawadi Hospital, and Shatabdi Hospital will soon be installing the system and training their staff for the HMIS. "We have directed to start the HMIS in some of the other peripheral hospitals. While the pilot project is going on in Nair Hospital, the authority has been asked to expedite their process," said additional commissioner Dr Ashwini Joshi. In the first few phases of the pilot project, BYL Nair Charitable Hospital had technically trained over 3,000 hospital staff. As per the data received from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) public health department, from June 2018 until May 8, 2019, around 2,36,538 patients have been registered in HMIS at Nair Hospital and 80,961 patients have been registered in HMIS at Kasturba Hospital. Dr RN Bharmal, dean of Nair Hospital, said, "The HMIS has been started in almost all OPDs." Before being started in municipal hospitals, as a basic trial to know the future challenges, five municipal dispensaries around Mumbai Central were introduced to the system. Taking into account two hospitals and five dispensaries, around 3,72,158 patients have been registered in HMIS. As per the medical authority, it will help to reduce the cost. They are working on interlinking the cases if the patient is referred from one municipal hospital to another. It will have an independent barcode number for every patient through which, the staff will be able to access the papers online.

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