Indra implements its healthcare system at Makati Medical Center the Philippines’ most important hospital

Makati Medical Center (MMC), the Philippines’ premier hospital, gets another upgrade after rewarding Indra, one of the leading IT multinationals in Europe and Latin America, the €1.3-million contract to supply and implement a global healthcare system, which further upgrades MMC’s commitment to total patient care.

In line with MMC’s mission of continually improving their healthcare services, the center will work with Indra for the implementation of their solution (IHS- Indra Health Solution).  The project aims to further improve the quality of MMC’s services, both for its patients and hospital professionals.  With emphasis on improving patient care, the project is envisioned to strengthen clinical safety practices, accessibility to services, and enhancing the overall patient experience. For the hospital professionals, the system equips them with the means to improve productivity and decision-making by providing access to real-time data, optimized clinical and administrative processes and better operating control of hospital resources.

Indra’s Hospital Management and Information System is a complete healthcare solution that addresses the critical needs of any private hospital. It consists of both administrative and clinical system modules. Administrative modules include functions such as patient registration, patient ADT (admission-discharge-transfer), appointment management and scheduling, patient billing and others. The clinical modules used by the medical professionals (doctors and nurses), includes the electronic health record as its core feature.

The project also includes integrating the Indra system with other MMC systems currently being used which include: MMC’s radiology information system and picture archiving system, laboratory information system and their SAP Finance system.

Indra’s Hospital Information Management System, the most advanced technology in healthcare, is the first of its kind to be implemented in the Philippines.

MMC is currently one of the six hospitals under the Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC), together with Davao Doctors Hospital, Cardinal Santos Medical Center, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Riverside Medical Hospital, and the recently acquired Asian Hospital.  The implementation of Indra’s healthcare system serves as the pilot implementation for the hospital group, as part of their vision of healthcare in the country.
 
MMC started operations in 1969, and is now a 469-bed tertiary hospital that provides sophisticated diagnostic, medical and surgical facilities.  With patient wellness in mind, they provide high-quality healthcare services through integrated specialty centers operated by highly qualified physicians and nurses, as well as technical and management staff, sustained by well-developed research and training programs and enabled by state-of-the-art professional equipment and specialized tools.

About Indra

Nowadays, over 32 million people in more than four continents benefit from Indra’s solutions and systems for the health sector. The company’s solutions are in use by more than 100,000 professionals in over 5,600 health centers and hospitals making 500,000 daily medical appointments possible.

Indra’s technologies and knowledge applied to health are based on its health solutions portfolio which specializes in telemedicine, digital imaging, electronic prescription or electronic medical records, among others. This platform is the fruit of cumulative experience in the development of projects for private and public sectors, at both national and international levels.

Indra has successfully implemented their health solutions in different cities in Spain. Indra used Diraya in Andalusia to facilitate the implementation of digital health records, IANUS for the Servizo Galego de Saude (SERGAS), and Abucasis for the Valencia community.  The company also leads the implementation of the electronic prescription in Spain, where besides the project currently under way in Asturias, it has successfully implemented it in Aragon, Cantabria, Madrid, Murcia, Valencia, Galicia, the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla. On the other hand, the IT company is technology partner of SESCAM in the development of the YKONOS project, the digital medical imaging system of Castilla-La Mancha.

Indra holds a significant position in the implementation and management of multichannel information services which use internet, mobile technology and access points to the health care services in Andalusia, Madrid and Valencia.

In the international arena, the company was recently awarded a contract by the Bahraini Ministry of Health and Defense to develop and operate its healthcare system network applications, including hospitals and health centers.
Indra is the premier Information Technology company in Spain and a leading IT multinational in Europe and Latin America. It is ranked as the second European company in its sector according to investment in R&D with over € 500 M during the last three years. In 2010 revenues reached € 2,557 M and the international market already accounts for a 44%. The company employs more than 35,000 professionals and has clients in more than 110 countries.