NMC directs medical colleges to implement HMIS by Oct 10

NMC has directed all medical colleges to implement the Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) latest by October 10, 2022.

National Medical Commission (NMC) has directed all medical colleges across the country to implement the Aadhaar-enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS) and the Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) by October 10. The decision was taken to improve the quality of medical education and patient care in medical colleges across India.

The NMC has made it mandatory for the colleges to have a fully functioning HMIS with OPD/IPD registration module, casualties and emergency module, and OT-minor and major surgeries module.

As per NMC's official notification, those medical colleges having prior existing HMIS, API of patient registration module needs to share it with NMC. To date, very few medical colleges have shared the details as per the requirement of API.

"Hence, it is directed to all remaining medical colleges to share the details of API at: vaibhav.khokhar@nic.in, bansal.ankita@nic.in with a copy to director.nmc@nmc.org.in by next week. The medical colleges who do not have HMIS are directed to start the HMIS in their MCH/s by October 10, 2022, without failure," reads the official notification.

The NMC team has been interacting with the colleges through email/WhatsApp/SMS and telephone, despite that, some medical colleges have still not started the process at all, said NMC's notification.

"It is therefore instructed to implement HMIS and share API of patient registration module as directed above in a time bound manner not later than October 10, 2022. Failure in this would be viewed seriously," said the official notification.

"It is also informed that for any new applications of renewal, recognition, continuation or recognition, establishment of new medical college, increase in UG/PG seats, it is must for medical college to have a fully functioning HMIS with OPD/IPD registration module, casualty, and emergency module, OT-minor and major surgeries module, LMIS (Laboratory Management Information System) module depicting daily registration of lab tests done including pathological procedures, radiological procedures, registration module, obstetrics and gynaecology ward module depicting registration of LSCS and normal deliveries," added the notification.

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