Paras Healthcare, a chain of general hospitals in India, is embarking on digital transformation with the support of its partner MyHealthcare.
WHAT IT’S ABOUT
The 700-bed hospital group will deploy the MyHealthcare Enterprise App ecosystem, built on a scalable microservices cloud-based platform.
It will enable Paras to launch a suite of patient engagement apps, including the Paras Patient Mobile App, Patient Portal and WhatsApp channel, all of which connect to the EMR-based ecosystem AI for outpatient, inpatient, and emergency services.
“The MyHealthcare Enterprise Ecosystem is designed to help hospitals and healthcare organizations drive efficiency and improve the efficiency of healthcare delivery. The integrated enterprise ecosystem on multiple provider platforms and will enable Paras Healthcare to deliver quality care across a broader geographic range,” explains MyHealthcare VP Diwakar Bhowmik.
Paras aims to complete the phased rollout of the MyHealthcare ecosystem across its network of hospitals in Gurgaon, Ranchi, Patna, Darbhanga, Panchkula and Udaipur by mid-2023.
WHY IT IMPORTANT
According to Paras CIO Vineet Aggarwal, they seek to build a digital health ecosystem that enhances patient engagement, enables clinicians to deliver better patient outcomes, and improves efficiency. internal efficiency to keep the cost of their services low for patients.
He noted that they are already starting to see results from implementing the MyHealthcare ecosystem: their clinicians now have access to “the most advanced EMR ecosystem across OP, IP and ER” while Their patients can now go paperless and book appointments in advance through their mobile device.
Meanwhile, the AI-powered CDSS in its EMR system also “helps with efficient diagnosis and better patient care outcomes,” Aggarwal claims.
TREND TO BIGGER
This year saw some of India’s largest healthcare providers actively pursue their respective digital transformations. one of all Karuna Trust, has become the first Indian hospital to achieve Phase 6 certification for the HIMSS Outpatient Electronic Medical Records Model. The Apollo Hospitals team of 70 also secured three HIMSS Phase 6 digital maturity validations earlier this year.
While, AIIMS Delhi will fully implement the Indian government’s HMIS next year as part of its transition to paperless hospitals.
ON PROFILE
“Our partnership with MyHealthcare will improve healthcare management for our patients and ensure that our clinicians have access to an integrated EMR ecosystem to help It will also help us improve operational and process efficiency with the complete digitization of the clinical facility Dr. Dharminder Nagar, Paras CEO for know.
