At a Glance
| Category | Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) |
|---|---|
| Standards | DICOM 3.0 & HL7 Support (bi-directional HL7: Orders Out, Signed Reports In) |
| Hosting & data | Host the HMIS on-premise, on servers inside your hospital, or as a hybrid setup; sites connect over encrypted connections. |
| Record-keeping | Supports your PHC record-keeping: one central patient record for your retention policy with backed-up archiving, and a system audit log of record views, updates, billing entries, user access and administrative actions, plus PACS audit trails of imaging studies. |
| Designed for | Private and public hospitals, Teaching hospitals and medical colleges, Specialist and day-care hospitals, Hospital groups with multiple sites |
| Delivery record | 40+ projects delivered by Pacslink |
One Patient Record Across the Whole Hospital
The Pacslink Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) is the operational backbone of the hospital. A patient is registered once, and that record follows them through OPD, admission, investigations, pharmacy, wards, billing and discharge.
Because Pacslink also builds RIS, PACS, LIS and EMR, the HMIS connects to them over HL7: radiology and laboratory orders flow out automatically and results come back to the patient record, so staff stop re-typing details between departments.
For Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) licensing, the hospital stays responsible for its records, and the HMIS is built to support that: one central patient record for your medical record retention policy, a system audit log of patient record views and updates, patient history edits, billing entries, user logins and administrative actions, alongside audit trails of linked DICOM 3.0 imaging studies in Pacslink PACS, backed-up archiving, and on-premise hosting so records stay inside the hospital.
Key Capabilities
- Registration & admissions: Register patients once and manage admissions, transfers and discharges from the same record.
- OPD management: Appointments, queues and consultations for outpatient clinics, with orders sent to the right department.
- Billing & finance: Charges from every department roll up to one bill, with reporting for finance and management.
- Pharmacy & inventory: Dispensing and stock control linked to prescriptions and patient bills.
- Wards & nursing: Bed management and ward activity in one view for nursing and administration.
- Bi-directional HL7 & DICOM 3.0: Orders go out to RIS and LIS over HL7 and signed reports and results come back; imaging studies stay in DICOM 3.0 in Pacslink PACS, linked to the patient record.
- PHC record-keeping support: One central patient record for your retention policy and backed-up archiving, to support the records your hospital keeps for its PHC licence.
- System audit log: Patient record views and updates, patient history edits, billing entries, user logins and administrative actions are all logged, alongside audit trails of linked DICOM 3.0 imaging studies in Pacslink PACS.
How the HMIS Connects the Hospital
- Register: The patient is registered once at reception or admission.
- Order: Doctors order radiology and laboratory tests; the orders flow to RIS and LIS over HL7.
- Result: Reports and lab results return to the patient record automatically.
- Bill & discharge: Charges from every department appear on one bill at discharge.
Standards & Integration
- DICOM 3.0: Every imaging study is stored natively in DICOM 3.0 in Pacslink PACS and opens from the central patient record.
- Bi-directional HL7 (Orders Out, Signed Reports In): Radiology and laboratory orders go to the RIS and LIS over HL7, and signed reports and results come back into the patient record.
The Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) licenses healthcare establishments, not software: Pacslink features support the records a facility keeps for its licence.
