The hospital management system is a computer system that helps manage the information related to health care and aids in the job completion of health care providers effectively. They manage the data related to all departments of healthcare such as,
Clinical
Financial
Laboratory
Inpatient
Outpatient
Operation theater
Materials
Nursing
Pharmaceutical
Radiology
Pathology etc.
Why is HMS important for a hospital?
HMS was introduced to solve the complications coming from managing all the paper works of every patient associated with the various departments of hospitalization with confidentiality. HMS provides the ability to manage all the paperwork in one place, reducing the work of staff in arranging and analyzing the paperwork of the patients. HMS does many works like:
Maintain the medical records of the patient
Keep track of the appointment dates
Save the insurance information for later reference