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By Jianggan Li | 10 October 2008

The initial Rs50 million (US$ one million) EMR system by Apollo Hospitals Group (AHG) will accomplish its dry run in October, revealed Sangita Reddy, AHG’s Executive Director.

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AHG – the largest healthcare group in Asia – is in association with 40-odd hospitals in south India for the implementation.

The EMR system will facilitate greater sharing of patient’s medical history information among participating hospitals apparently aiding in delivery of an enhanced medical care, according to Reddy.

She added that Indian EMR envisaged by Apollo IT team is designed on compliance standards prescribed by HIPAA. Emphasis on transparency, technology and tracking will help the hospital to reach 12, 344 beds and staff strength of 6000 by 2011, according to Sunita Reddy, Executive Director (Finance), AHG.

AHG would focus on building greater synergy between health and insurance industry so as to reduce the out of pocket expenditure on medical care by a patient. AHG’s Reach’ project entailing 250 hospitals and 150 super-specialty hospitals targeting patients’ beyond big cities over the next seven years.

Apollo Health City, sponsored by Apollo Knowledge Foundation, is coming up on a 100-acre site in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

An MOU has been signed between Indira Gandhi National Open University and AHG for 45 courses in four verticals: biochemistry, secretarial, insurance and core medicine. The modules, which will be conducted through distance learning, will serve the purpose of boosting the adequate supply of trained health workers.

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