What is a Inpatient department (IPD)?
Inpatient department is the unit of a hospital where patients are admitted for their medical care and attention here bed, medical equipment, doctor and nurses are available for take care of patients. It assists hospital to manage all stages of patient from admission of patient in hospital to payment and discharge. A patient is referred for admission in IPD unit when any outpatient unit, emergency or referral doctor planned for it. Any patients who have a planned for a surgery advised they may get admitted for a proper check-up and treatment using IPD.
When is a patient admitted in an inpatient department (IPD) : A patient who arrives at an emergency unit of the hospital is shifted to an IPD for further treatment if required. Patients who have a procedure or a surgery advised in the hospital may get admitted for the same for a preoperative check-up and preparation for the procedure.
Features of an Inpatient department (IPD)?
Admission of Patient
The basic and important feature of medical related software have the ability to admit the patient without human interaction, it assigns ward and patient’s respective bed and medical requirements. If all that task is done by human it can takes more time and we know that each pulse of time is important for critical patients.
OT Schedule & Consent Form
The medical software has function to updating the OT schedule with patients, surgeons and consent forms of patients which helps to entire working environment of hospital.
Bed Management
The IPD department using HMS provides the status of real-time occupancy of beds, available beds to prevent any type of fault. It also provides details of particular patient’s regarding their medical preference and requirements.
Round Notes for Doctors
The software automatically stores whatever the information given to it related to patient’s current and historical medical information. It also stores the notes which is provided by doctors. It helps the doctor to easily access and taking good decision for patient’s treatment.
Discharge Details
This user interactive hospital management software collects information regarding medical prescriptions, discharge procedure and condition of patient at the time of discharge with a preview of operative notes.
Advantages of an Inpatient department(IPD)?
There are multidimensional advantages of hospital management systems. Now in the following section, we will discuss some of them
Is there an international help desk for inpatient department ?
The Hospital management software equipped with different languages which is helpful for international patient.
Most of the hospitals have separate international help desk but using this software there is no need for manufacturing separate help desk, doctor and international patient easily interact with each other. It saves time, money and any medical error.
Automation, Security, and Storage
Medical software automates many services of hospital such that it enhances the medical facility of hospital.
By using security protocols, it hides the data of patients from any third person. It provides manageable protection at each part of user-system interaction.
It stores the current and historical details of patient regarding their treatment, medicines, diseases which is very useful in future treatment. These all services are not possible without medical software.
Is the inpatient department equipped with doctors and nurses all the time?
The most beneficial thing for IPD is that it always equipped with doctor and nurses for care of patient and the whole thing is possible due to this medical software. Doctor checks the patient condition on this software and decides what to do. HMS provides a way to do all paper work at a place so doctor’s have no need to worry about it.
Why is the Healthzen Hospital Management Software Perfect Solution For You?
HEALTHZEN Hospital Management Software is more efficient. It has great user interface and any international patient also uses it very friendly manner. It secures your data very efficiently.
- Appointment Scheduling
- Billing and Accounting
- Nursing Notes
- Prescriptions
- Bed Status
- Insurance System
- File Management
