The pandemic compelled hospitals to digitize their medical records and future-proof their establishments to provide better care for patients.
Because of the COVID-19 healthcare crisis, hospitals faced the challenge of maintaining synchronized data and paper-based manual recording amid the influx of patients explained digital solutions provider Globe Business Micro, Small, Medium, and Enterprises (MSMEs) Group Strategy and Marketing Head Maridol Ylanan.
Most hospitals, especially Level 1 institutions in the provinces, still resort to doing manual paperwork as part of their documentation process.
However, the Department of Health (DOH) now requires hospitals to have at least an Electronic Medical Records System (EMRS).
The upgrade may become a hospital standard in maintaining a manual records system that puts patient records at risk of loss or mismanagement, aside from being tedious and time-consuming for healthcare professionals.
Globe Business, for its part, has been aiding the healthcare sector in their digital transition.
Its integrated hospital information system promotes seamless collaborations between departments and physicians while keeping patient records up to date.
Globe Business also eases up hospitals' accounting, finance, and total management tasks by digitizing clinical records, laboratory information management up to back-end processes.
Already, its Hospital Information System (HIS), developed by HYBrain, supported the digitization of medical laboratories of private companies like San Miguel Corporation, Suyen Inc. Manila Diagnostic Center for OFW and Manila Healthtek Inc.
Globe Business helped digitalize hospitals, including Bacolod Adventist Medical Center; Dadiangas Medical Center in South Cotabato; Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City; Tarlac Medical City; and Premiere Medical Center-Nueva Ecija branch.
To make digital solutions accessible via flexible payment terms, Globe Business partnered with BPI Business Banking to offer an exclusive term loan facility, the Business Technology (BizTech) Loan Program.