E-Sushrut
This is India's first large scale initiative towards EMR and is developed by the Center for Advance Computing (CDAC), Govt. of India. The project was released in 2002, but due to poor publicity much of it has not come to light.
Introduction
Hospital Information Systems (HIS) has been implemented in India since the 1990's. But these systems essentially maintained registration data only. With advent of Medical Informatics in India and explosive growth in Health Industry, the government of India had decided to replace the old HIS with this new system - e-susrut
Modules
Patient Care: Outpatient and Inpatient EMR, Laboratory Information System, Blood Bank, Operation Theater
Administration: Pharmacy, Kitchen, Sterile Supplies, Billing
Implementation
It is being implemented in major medical colleges and government hospitals across India. Some of the hospitals are:
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh
- S.M.S. Hospital, Jaipur.
- All Hospitals under Govt. of NCT Delhi
- Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute, Lucknow
- Guru Tej Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi
- Regional Cancer Center, Thiruvananthapuram
- Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram
