P D Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Center bagged the “Best Information & Communication Technology (ICT) enabled hospital in Maharashtra” award at the e-Maharashtra awards & Healthcare Conference. The award was introduced for the first time to recognise and award organisations for their initiatives taken in Maharashtra through innovative use of ICT’s . The award was presented by Rajesh Aggarwal, Secretary IT, Government of Maharashtra.
Joy Chakraborty, Director Administration and Mahesh Shinde, Director Information Technology (IT), received the award on behalf of Hinduja Hospital. On receiving the award Chakraborty said, “Over the last six decades Hinduja Hospital has pioneered several clinical and non-clinical practices to lead healthcare industry. During this period it has been realised that, efficient and effective healthcare delivery, needs to be supported by information and technology. Several initiatives have been taken by the hospital to be on the forefront of healthcare IT. PACS along with digitisation of imaging records and reporting system is one amongst those initiatives taken few years back by Hinduja Hospital. This was with the intention to bring down the turnaround time of reporting and better image archival facility in imaging department of the hospital. It has resulted into significant enhancement and improvement in patient satisfaction. We are happy that this initiative has been recognised by the government.”
Shinde added, “We thank the Government of Maharashtra for appreciating our efforts as regards to the progress in the healthcare IT. Hinduja Hospital’s PACS is amongst the first few in India to have PACS with voice recognition system. We firmly believe in moving ahead and taking healthcare IT to a very advanced level and provide quality healthcare to all, which is the mission of our hospital.”
EH News Bureau
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