PUNJAB
SINDH
BALOCHISTAN
Short history of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) d t established 12 staff members dept. t bli h d t ff b Hospital staff trained Presently 450 active nodes, 14 integrated modules Registration R i t ti de-centralized. d t li d 2400 patients ti t registered per day in Out Patient Department (OPD) Diagnostics (Pathology and Radiology) Stores and wards admission/discharge is paperless
Problem
Doctors data entries (OPD OT and Wards) (OPD,
Hardware
Hardware maintenance and service contract are expensive. expensive Release and availability of funds is a long slow process, this leads to frequent breakdowns and end user frustrations Hardware back ups are not provided in time by the p p y vendor causing problems in providing uptime. Technical support by the vendor is also weak due to non availability of highly trained technical people Unreliable electricity.
Staff Training
Management issues
Complex interaction between PIMS, MOH and MoIT End user MOH. Funds and services provider MoIT p Both depts. have to be satisfied p These problem dealt at PIMS by the PIMS coordinator
Issues
End users want to develop their own software Multiple soft wares: Maintenance communication between these Maintenance, soft wares, source code custodian Piracy i Pi issues IT l i l ti not effective legislation t ff ti
Contd..
Telemedicine & HMIS PIMS will provide telemedicine duty roster for the doctors from various specialties. Doctors will be p performing this duty as part of their routine daily g y p y work
Issues
Ensuring availability of doctors on time Availability of reliable electricity at rural centers Ensuring maintenance of equipment at the rural center Incentive for doctors Cost benefit analysis
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