The prime and common challenges for Hospitals are :

• Non maintenance of Patients? Administrative Records and non / truncated maintenance of Patients? Medical Records.
• Difficulty in retrieving Patients? Records of all types, particularly Medical Records.
• Non sharing of Patient Records / data simultaneously across departments.
• Low Patient satisfaction due to long waiting time.
• Instances of inaccurate lab reports due to human error.
• Difficulty in generating various government statutory reports.
• Consultant on rounds to Wards finds it difficult to search for his Patient and their records.
• Delay in actual discharges from the time the Doctor issues discharge order.
• Delay in developing and issuance of Discharge Summary.
• Patients? waiting time for issue of reports from lab, X-Ray, Ultrasound, etc.
• Unable to offer standard packages for surgeries and other standard treatments due to lack of proper codification of Hospital Services and their associated costs.
• Non intimation of surgery postponement.
• Missing referral letters, preautorisation approvals, wrong insurance and credit bills due to lack of proper systems.