National Health Authority release beta version of lightweight, robust, and ABDM-compliant HMIS.

• National Health Authority (NHA) has released a beta version of the lightweight, robust, and  Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission-compliant Hospital Management Information System (HMIS).
• It envisions providing a digital platform for healthcare providers, particularly focusing on private clinics and small health facilities.
• This beta version will allow doctors to generate and fetch Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts for patients as well as to manage their calendars, appointments, and patient details in a single window.
• It will also facilitate e-prescription services and view previous health records and prescriptions for registered patients and take video consultations.
• This is also expected that it will digitize small clinics and improve the discoverability of healthcare providers in India.
• The NHA is also inviting healthcare providers to participate in its beta-testing and share their feedback.

About HMIS

• Health Management Information System (HMIS) is a Government to Government (G2G) web-based Monitoring Information System that has been put in place by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India to monitor the National Health Mission and other Health programmes and provide key inputs for policy formulation and appropriate programme interventions.
• HMIS has been utilised in Grading of Health Facilities, identifications of aspirational districts, review of State Programme Implementation Plan (PIPs), etc.
• The analytical reports generated through HMIS also provides gap analysis and evidence based course correction.
• HMIS was launched in October 2008. Currently, around 2 lakh health facilities (across all States/UTs) are uploading facility wise service delivery data on monthly basis, training data on quarterly basis and infrastructure related data on annual basis on HMIS web portal.
• HMIS captures facility-wise information as follows:
  • Service Delivery (Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health related, Immunisation family planning, Vector borne disease, Tuberculosis, Morbidity and Mortality, OPD, IPD Services, Surgeries etc. data) on monthly basis.
  • Training Data (Trainings imparted to Medicals and Paramedics staff at District and State level data) on quarterly basis.
  • Infrastructure (Manpower, Equipment, Cleanliness, Building, Availability of Medical Services such as Surgery etc., Super Specialties services such as Cardiology etc., Diagnostics, Para Medical and Clinical Services etc. data) on annual basis.
• The HMIS Portal facilitates the flow of physical performance from the Facility level to the Sub-district, District, State and National level using a web based Health Management Information System (HMIS) interface. The portal provides periodic reports on the status of the health services performances and Human Resources and Infrastructure services facilities available.