Automating Health System is Need of Time: Secretary

Saeed Yousuf

Secretary Health Noor Ul Haq Baloch said that going to automation system is the contemporarily need of the time, he said this while chairing an orientation meeting organized by Health management Information System (HMIS) Balochistan to Automize the manual working of data entries in Bolan Medical Complex Hospital, Civil Hospital and Shaikh Zayad Hospital Quetta on trial basis for a period of three years by an individual firm which will  later on stages train the available work force to run the dashboard online  computerized system.

HDK-Ultra soft system officials said that this new sophisticated system is same that has been successfully installed and under operational stages at National Medical Center Karachi, under this system it will generate and maintain computerized records of Patients, overall Hospital management Information, Doctors details, Dosage of medicines and its prescriptions, availability of drugs and overall pharmacy Management, cost analysis, emergency schedules. And will be construed with other available informed resources by the head of departments with deliberate consultations.

After that this system will be single database and will be user friendly will cover all services deliverables that are available in the said hospitals. This overall mechanism was appreciated by the concerned Medical superintends and all head of departments, and appraised the pragmatic efforts of Secretary Health Noor Ul Haq Baloch, they also raised observations about the dearth of work force but Secretary Health assured this will be tackled on later stages.

In the orientation meeting All Departmental Heads of BMC, Professors , Additional Secretary Health Abdul Rauf Baloch, PMDC Head Shabir Ahmed Lehri and other officials were present.

Meanwhile Secretary Health Chaired a meeting about framing the act of new Medical University in Balochistan on the occasion PMDC head Dr.Shabir Lehri all departmental heads , Additional secretary Health Abdul Rauf Baloch along with concerned officers were present the members have approved the medical university draft bill  that will be presented for approval in the Assembly and cabinet thereto.