Wipro to implement HIS @ Manipal Hospitals

Wipro Infotech has bagged a 10-year contract from Manipal Health Enterprises to implement Hospital Information System (HIS). Wipro will offer services including integration of HIS with third party software, interfacing with lab equipments and providing infrastructure support services on HIS Platform.

The HIS application is patient-centric. It will provide immediate access to clinical, administrative and billing data required for the efficient functioning of a hospital. It will ensure high levels of automation, better availability of information; reduction in patient's waiting time and better utilization of revenues.

Anand Sankaran, sr vice president and business head — India and Middle East and Global Business Head - Infrastructure and Services, Wipro said, “We are delighted to be chosen as Manipal Hospitals' partner in this business transformation program which will enable drive superior customer experience and greater operational efficiencies. Healthcare is a focus vertical for Wipro worldwide, and we have over 120 satisfied customers successfully leveraging our Hospital Information Solution (HIS) across India, Middle East and Asia Pacific.”

Rajen Padukone, CEO, Manipal Health Enterprises said, “Given our plans for Hospital network and business expansion in the near future, it is essential that we complement this with a robust hospital information system that will help in taking us to the next level of our growth trajectory. We believe that our strategic partnership with Wipro in this area will significantly improve efficiencies in providing quality service to our patients across our network.”

As an area of medical informatics the aim of an HIS is to achieve the best possible support of patient care and outcome and administration by presenting data where needed and acquiring data when generated with networked electronic data processing. Some of the advantages of having a unified HIS are aspects like easy access to patient data to generate varied records, including classification based on demographic, gender, age, and so on. It helps as a decision support system for the hospital authorities for developing comprehensive health care policies and also to view a broad picture of hospital growth. HIS also helps in enhances information integrity, reduces transcription errors, and reduces duplication of information entries.

Nandkishor Dhomne, chief information officer (CIO) of Manipal Health Enterprises said, “I am sure that this will help us in providing a completely integrated technology platform to all our group hospitals which will in turn help us in process standardization & automation, making data available at the point of care, reduce waiting time, real time dashboards for faster decision making by all stake holders and improve overall efficiency of our hospitals by using state of the art technology solutions.”