Going digital: Trial run for paperless OPD in four Uttar Pradesh hospitals
Hindustan TimesInstead of receiving a traditional paper outpatient department ticket at Lok Bandhu hospital’s counter, you may find yourself surprised to receive a barcode or unique number. Under this digital OPD system, doctors will open online prescriptions on their desktop computers, outlining necessary tests and medications. The aim is to find the hurdles, from both hospital and patient end, in implementing the system,” said Dr Ajai Shankar Tripathi, medical superintendent of the Lok Bandhu hospital. Sharing the benefit for a patient under the new system Dr Himanshu Chaturvedi, medical superintendent of the Balrampur hospital said: “Even if paper documents, including prescriptions and diagnostic reports, go missing, we will still have records that can be recalled via barcode.” “So, when the same patient comes for follow up and says he lost documents, the doctor can get his medical history on his computer screen,” said Dr Chaturvedi.
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