E-Upchar system to be installed in Haryana hospitals

E-Upchar system, under which patients would be given a 'unique identification number', would be implemented in all district hospitals and medical college hospitals of the state by March 2016, Haryana's Health Minister Anil Vij said here today.
The Health Minister said that with the help of Hospital Management Information Systems (HMIS), all the hospitals in the state, community health centres and primary health centres are being linked to e-Upchar system.
He said that e-Upchar facility would be provided in 55 hospitals of the state by March, 2016.
After this, e-Upchar system would also be implemented in the other 30 primary health centers and community health centers during the year 2016, he said.

Vij said that in the first phase, e-Upchar system has been implemented in hospitals, including Civil Hospital in Panchkula, Community Health Centre in Raipur Rani, Primary Health Centre in Barwala and Civil Hospital in Ambala Cantt.
The department is actively working to provide all hospitals of the state with this facility soon, he said.

The Health Minister said that after the implementation of e-Upchar system, the patients would get their electronic health records in all hospitals, which could be accessed from any hospital of the state.
He said the system would lead to reduction in waiting time of patients, efficient management of queues, simplification and automation of manual processes, transparency in health services, efficient grievance redressal mechanism, optimal utilisation of infrastructure, availability of equipment, drugs and simplification of other services, besides encouraging real-time reporting of doctors.

Under this system, the patients would also get their X-ray reports online.