ISBN: 9788120340831    Publisher: PHI LEARNING PVT. LTD-NEW DELHI Year of publishing: 2014     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 788        Language: English

Managing patients and hospital together is what hospital management systems is designed for! The software ensures that the applications involved in the workflow of health services, rely on accuracy in recording patient's demography and data, and accountability of hospital management. Written in a bulleted format, this book educates reader to overcome the shortcomings of hospital industry such as inadequate access to medical facilities, unassessed quality, and shortage of manpower. The book explains how information (like medical records or administrative records) can be stored, accessed and retrieved promptly; how a patient's record can be generated easily based on demography, gender, age, and so on; and how the system can help to monitor a patient's treatment procedure--starting from his/her ailment history, to present health condition, to recovery. The book also efficiently addresses the issues like security of the system and the investment strategies. Besides, the Appendices on topics like New Business Models and Applications, and Overview of Hospitals, add on to the applicative knowledge on the subject. Intended for the students of Hospital Information Systems (HIS)/Hospital Administration or an equivalent training programme, the book is well-suited for the healthcare practitioners (small or large organizations) to streamline their workflow process. The book will also be equally beneficial for the instructors teaching Hospital Administration in various healthcare and management institutes.
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S. A. KELKAR, PhD (Michigan, USA), is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and the Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai. He has over 35 years of experience in the field of information systems, information technology, and software engineering. Earlier, he has taught as a full timer at IITB, Mumbai, NIBM, Mumbai, and NITIE, Mumbai. He also teaches postgraduate courses in the area of operations research, and information resources management at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Dr. Kelkar has been a consultant to organizations such as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Aptech and Voltas. Besides this text, he has authored six books, all published by PHI Learning, New Delhi.
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