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Computerised registration of patients at CMCH

Special Correspondent

Move aimed at maintaining clear records

COIMBATORE: Now, illegible handwriting and the fear of resultant confusion over patient details will be a thing of the past. The Coimbatore Medical College Hospital began on Sunday computerised registration of in-patients and out-patients in five of its wings.

According to hospital officials, the irksome wait for someone to painstakingly write out the details and issue coupons is as good as over.

The State Government's assistance of Rs. 2.12 lakhs for computerisation will now ensure the maintaining of clear records that have no ambiguity caused by poor handwriting. Besides, patient details can also be had at the click of a button. Details such as patient name, age, address, in-patient or out-patient number, the type of disease and the nature of treatment and the duration will be fed into the system by six data entry operators appointed for this purpose.

People, who want to pay a visit to patients, will know of their location from the computerised information centre.

A tertiary-level referral unit hospital, the CMCH serves poor patients from Coimbatore, Erode and the Nilgiris districts and also those from Palakkad district in Kerala. From writing out forms and coupons to nearly 5,000 out-patients a day that takes hours, the new system is expected to take only 30 seconds for each patient.

This is expected to clear the crowd faster and also ensure that the patients received treatment promptly, with only the barest minimum time consumed for registration.

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