We have already explained in another article What is a Hospital Management System? In this article we look at the growing importance of Hospital Management System in India.

Why is Hospital Management System In India important today for Hospitals in India?

Hospital management solutions help hospitals run smoothly. They make sure that every aspect of the hospital’s operation runs as planned. This includes scheduling appointments, tracking patient data, and managing billing.

In the Indian context a Hospital Management System in India is seeing growing importance because of factors below:

1. Professional Outlook of the Hospital

Some Hospitals in India provide a Handwritten Discharge Card and Hospital Bill. That is a very old way of working.

A hospital that provides its patients with a printed Hospital Bill (See Sample) and a printed Discharge Summary (See Sample) is been seen by patients as a forward looking, professional setup. Patients also get a comfort feeling that the Hospital is saving their records digitally and Doctors are looking at previous records for making further decisions regarding the patient’s health.

Hence, a Hospital that wants to differentiate itself and want to present its forward looking outlook to Patients should be considering the use of a Hospital Management System.

2. Better Co-ordination between Doctor and Staff resulting in free time for Doctor running the Hospital

Many Hospital setups fail to maintain co-ordination between Doctors and Staff because of lack of proper documentation and processes in the Hospitals. In such Hospitals, the Doctors running the show are always overwhelmed with questions from Patients as well as staff. Using Hospital Management Systems brings in a discipline in the Hospital resulting in better co-ordination between various parties. This frees up considerable time for the Doctor owning the Hospital.

3. Patients with Insurance

The number of patients in India having insurance is increasing day by day. If you want to serve these patients in your Hospital, you need a Hospital Management System. No insurance company would entertain a hand written Hospital Bill or a Discharge Summary.

4. NABH Accreditation for Hospitals in India

As Hospitals try to get themselves accredited with NABH, they need to satisfy conditions set by the board. Various levels of NABH require Hospitals to store and present information related to patient treatments and so on. Using a Hospital Management System allows Doctors to elevate themselves and prepare their Hospital setups for NABH compliances.

5. Better Documentation of the cases with the help of Hospital Management System

Using a Hospital Management System results in better documentation of treatment offered if uses correctly. In addition, since the information is stored, this information can be referenced for future visits of patients to the Hospital providing better care for patients. Patients are increasingly becoming more aware of the approach a Doctor takes while providing care. Using a Hospital Management System clearly puts the Doctor at an advantage as they can make informed decision about the patient’s case based on past history.

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MyOPD Software allows Doctors to add Documents from Reception Desk. This feature is now available in MyOPD ZIP app for Android. It will soon be available on the Windows PC Version of the product as well. This article examines how adding Documents from Reception Desk will help Doctors.

Case 1: Saving written Prescription by the Doctor

This functionality of the Software is especially important for Doctors who want to write prescription and save it for later reference. Here are the steps involved:

1. Doctor writes the prescription as they are doing currently i.e. by writing with pen and paper.
2. When the Patient walks out, the Patient presents the prescription at Reception Desk.
3. Reception Staff scans the prescription and saves it to MyOPD Software for future reference.
4. When the patient visits the Clinic next time, without prescription, Doctor can view the prescription saved in previous visit in the software.

Case 2: Scanning X-Rays, Lab Reports before meeting the Doctor

When patients visit Doctor’s clinic, they often come with Lab Reports and X-Rays. Staff can scan these reports ahead of time and save it to the patient’s case before the patient meets the Doctor. This way, when the patient is with the Doctor, Doctor can quickly view the Digital copy of X-Ray or Documents in the software.

Important Points to keep in mind:

Before starting to use this feature, there are a few things to consider keeping in mind the privacy of the patient.

1. Educate the reception staff about the privacy of patient reports and documents.
2. Always have a clinic’s own Device for reception staff if you are using this feature. Ask them to operate this feature only through the authorized device of the clinic.
3. If you are using the application as explained in Case 2, make sure the number of reports patients have brought match the number of documents shown in the software. This is to ensure that the Reception staff has not missed any important document while scanning or a case where the Documents scanned from Reception hasn’t yet synced to Doctor’s device.

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Do Physicians really need Physician Software?

As a physician do you really thing that software is a requirement?

If your answer is No, we encourage you to read further. If your answer is yes, well, you are already convinced about using it. However, you may still continue to understand our point of view.

5 Reasons Physicians need a Physician Software

1. Printed Prescriptions and their advantages

Clearly written printed Prescriptions look way professional than handwritten prescriptions. Writing a prescription by hand can also be time consuming as many times same instructions for medicines, their dosages, advices have to be rewritten for different patients.

Chronic patients simply need repeat prescriptions with minor modifications if any. EMR Software offers clear advantage in repeat medicine entry.

Doctors also have these records handy at one place in the Software during the next consultation with the patient.

MyOPD Software offers 4 Different Ways to create a Prescription saving enormous time for Doctors.

Also take a look at our article explaining 5 Advantages of EMR explained using a Single Prescription. Almost all EMR software provide these advantages these days.

2. Prescriptions in Regional Languages

Cities have become a hub of multi-lingual people. As a result Doctors see patients with different mother tongue. EMR Software assists you to print Rx in the language that the patient will understand best.

Check few Sample Prescription Documents in multiple languages generated using MyOPD Software https://www.myopd.in/blog/sample-prescriptions-documents/

Some of the Prescriptions shown in the above link are simply impossible to create using a handwritten Prescription.

3. Tracking Outstanding Payments of Patients

We have come across Doctors who give credit to their patients because patients may not have the right method to pay at the time of consultation. While that is really good, tracking the balance amount to be paid by the patient can help Doctors inform the patient about the actual amount to pay during the next visit.

Physician Software allow Doctors to take care of this aspect of the Practice as well.

4. Automated Reminder System

Follow-ups are an inherent part of any Physician’s practice. However, many Patients simply forget to visit the Doctor again because they did not remember the date of next visit.

Physician software have a built in Reminder system that allow patients to be informed over SMS or WhatsApp automatically. So even if you have 2 follow-ups or 50 follow-ups for the day, the Software will do the job of sending automated reminder messages.

This helps Patients get timely check-up. It also helps increase the patient follow-up compliance for the Doctor.

5. Transparency in Practice

Last and the most important point of using a Physician Software is bringing transparency in the practice. Almost everything you enter is documented.

• If a patient needs an old prescription print again, you have it.
• If they need Payment Receipt, you can give it.
• Medical Certificates, Fitness Certificates and other Documents can all be issued at ease.
• Outstanding payments are tracked
• Prescriptions can be sent as PDFs to patients
• And much more is possible simply because you have digitized your practice.

MyOPD offers you a way to check if your requirements match with what we have to offer. You can download a free trial of MyOPD Clinic Software from our website www.myopd.in

MyOPD Software works best for Physicians who are more interested in managing their EMRs thoroughly.

Frustrated that patients don’t have a look at your SMS reminders anymore?

Providing a reminder service as a part of your clinic’s activity is a great service to the patient. It helps them remember their follow-up dates, vaccination dates, ultrasound dates, appointment dates and so on.

A timely reminder goes a long way in adherence to medical treatment.

MyOPD already had a SMS reminder system. However, with the explosion of SMS for reasons beyond our control, patients often tend to miss the SMS delivered to them.

To solve this very issue, we have introduced WhatsApp reminders.

The probability of message being read when delivered via WhatsApp increases manifold as compared to SMS. Also, similar to SMS in local language, WhatsApp messages will also be delivered in local language based on your setting in MyOPD Software.

Below are some screenshots of how the message would look when the user receives it:

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MyOPD Clinic Software available as a Free trial. WhatsApp feature is available in the paid version. You can download the Software as Free Trial from www.myopd.in

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Looking for Hospital Management System?

Are you looking for a Hospital Management System for your Hospital? Your search may well end here.

Here are 5 Reasons you should choose MyOPD Beds Hospital Management System:

Reason # 1: Designed for Small and Mid-Size Hospitals

If your hospital is anywhere between 5 Beds to 40 Beds, MyOPD Beds Hospital Management System is the best for you. We have designed this system especially keeping in mind the needs of Hospitals of these sizes. Read more about why we have limited our software to 5 Beds – 40 Beds Hospital Size – Hospital Management Software for hospitals under 40 Beds – MyOPD™ Updates

If you have a bigger hospital, MyOPD Beds Hospital Management System will not be the right choice for you.

Reason # 2: Single Click Beds Setup

Do you have an ICU or a Private Rooms, Semi Private Rooms or General Ward Beds? MyOPD Beds Hospital Management System allows you to setup Beds in your Hospital in a jiffy. You can configure Rates based on the type of Bed as well as the Consultant Charges and Service Charges based on the type of the Bed.

Watch this Quick Video to understand how to Setup Beds in MyOPD Beds Hospital Management System:

Reason # 3: Patient Admission Handling

MyOPD Beds Hospital Management System allows easy admission processing. In case of Medico Legal Admissions, MLC Number and FIR Number can be recorded as well.

Here is a sample Admission Record using MyOPD Beds Hospital Management System:

You can read step wise admission process at How to Admit a Patient? – MyOPD™ Updates

You may also watch this Video to understand the Admission Process:

Reason # 4: Well formatted Discharge Summary

Create a very well written, professional Discharge Summary which can be handed over to the patient. Patients need a well written Discharge Summary often while claiming Insurance.

Here is one such sample Discharge Summary:

Read this article to understand the important sections of a Discharge Summary: Discharge Summary Format – MyOPD™ Updates. You must include these sections while creating the Discharge Summary.

Watch below video to understand the process of Discharging a Patient using MyOPD Beds Hospital Software:

Reason # 5: Admitted Patient Billing

MyOPD Beds Hospital Management System allows Hospitals to create a Detailed Bill of the Patient from Admission to Discharge. The Bill includes Patient’s Advance Payments plus the Charges levied by Hospital for Consultant Visits, Bed Charges and so on.

Here is one such Sample Bill generated using MyOPD Beds Hospital Managment System:

Bonus Reason # 6: Consent Forms & Hospital Functioning Reports

If you have reached this far while reading, we are going to share a Bonus Reason.

Printing Consent Forms is invariably an important part of Hospital Functionality. Consent Forms have same format, however, there are things like:

• Patient UHID, Patient Name, Patient Address
• Bed Number
• Admitted Under Doctor Name
• Date of Birth or Age of Patient etc

that keep changing from Patient to Patient. MyOPD Beds allows you to print these forms by using details of patient already entered in the System. This reduces time and errors that your staff may introduce while creating consent forms.

You can also see Discharge Reports giving you details of patients Discharged on a particular day or month or week and so on. View one such Sample Discharge Report HERE

Want to understand what are the services for which patients are paying the most? Whether it is Bed Charges or Nursing Charges or Oxygen Charges and so on?

View Sample Income Report showing the details.

View All Demo Videos of MyOPD Beds Hospital Management System on YouTube and View Pricing Plans.

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MyOPD Beds Hospital Software is not available as a Free trial. However, you can download the Clinic Portion (OPD Portion) of MyOPD Beds Hospital Software as Free Trial from www.myopd.in

I would rather go to a Doctor who charges me fees than a quack who says he will treat me for free! – Anonymous

When our team interacts with Doctors who have downloaded software as a part of trial, some of them expect a Free Clinic Software. This article is to shed light on the aspect of such free software solutions.

Here are 5 points you should consider while evaluating Free Clinic Software Solutions.

1. Free Clinic Software Solutions as Hobby Projects

These are hobby projects done by College Graduates as a part of their Final Year Projects. You may encounter this situation when you have your friend’s son or friend’s friend’s daughter doing such projects.

The issue is, the people who work on such projects often get placed in companies. Then, there is no one to take care of the hobby project.

It is like buying a vehicle without any mechanic to take care in case there is a problem.

In our opinion, you should clearly stay away from such solutions as they are going to hurt you in long run.

2. New Improvements to Free Clinic Software Solution

Software needs to undergo regular changes. Changes are necessary because of

• Operating System Upgrades: Recent most Windows upgrades happened from Windows 7 to Windows 8, then 10 then 11 and so on. If you are using a Android / iOS app then those operating systems have undergone several changes year after year. Someone has to make sure that the software works well on each of these OSes.
• Changing Market Requirements: Prior to COVID, sharing prescription as a PDF with Patients was never considered. Now, it is a standard requirement in any Clinic Software Solution. This is just one example. As you practice, there could be several improvements and suggestions that come to your mind. These improve the productivity of Doctors as they practice.

To check a list of improvements done over last few months to MyOPD Software, check https://www.myopd.in/blog/docs-category/myopd-win-releases/

Will the Free Clinic Software Solutions able to handle them?

3. Ongoing Support

Any solution that does not have support system is doomed to fail. Will you ever purchase a Car without any Service Network? No wonder that the best sold cars are those that have excellent service network along with being a good product themselves.

To read more about why you should be worried about after sales Product Support, read our dedicated article on this topic https://www.myopd.in/blog/do-i-really-need-product-support/

4. Feature Limitations

Some Vendors offering FREE Clinic Software add restrictions and limitations to the use. As long as you are able to work within those limitations, you may still get a free clinic software for use until you want to use the feature which is in the paid version. We can call such Free Clinic Software solutions, Temporarily FREE.

MyOPD Clinic Software provides a FREE Trial. Such a trial works for a limited set of patients allowing you to evaluate the application and then decide if it suites your needs. You can download the FREE Trial by visiting www.myopd.in

5. Data Privacy

Last but not the least, Data Privacy is probably the most important point you should be concerned about. The questions you should ask yourself about the free clinic software solution are:

1. Is my data safe with the vendor?
2. Is the vendor going to share my data with Third Party?
3. Will my clients get direct calls / messages from Vendors to sell products / services that could be affecting my business.

Trust between you and your Vendor is most important. After all, you are going to store your Patient’s Health Record and your Personal Financial transactions with the Patients when using Clinic Software. So make sure you choose wisely.

Android apps now have a Data Safety section on Google Playstore. Vendors have to declare what they collect from you and what is shared with third party. Make sure you check it out. To give you an idea, check the MyOPD ZIP Android app Data Safety section on Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.myopd.android

Conclusion

• Always remember, there is nothing that comes for free. Someone, somewhere, certainly pays the price.
• As long as you pay the price in software charges, you know what you are paying for.
• When you use the software for free and unknowing pay in a different way, be careful and know what you are getting into before making use of such a solution.

If you are interested in a dependable software for your requirements, download the FREE Trial of MyOPD Clinic Software by visiting our website www.myopd.in