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SmartHMS: every hospital department on one connected system

A multi-branch hospital management system covering patient registration, medical records, diagnostics, pharmacy, billing, beds and analytics, with separate data for every hospital branch.

Industry
Pharma & Healthcare
Client
SmartHMS
Website
hms.myteamdevops.com ↗
SmartHMS: every hospital department on one connected system
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The challenge

A multi-branch hospital group was running on manual processes and disconnected tools. Patient registration and billing were done by hand, so tracking a patient across departments meant finding physical files. In-patient and out-patient data lived in separate places, and doctors could not see a complete patient history.

Pharmacy stock was kept in spreadsheets, which led to shortages and to expired medicines going unnoticed. Lab and radiology reports were logged by hand and carried to the wards, delaying treatment. Across branches there were duplicate records, inconsistent billing and no combined reporting, and leadership had no live view of operations: monthly reports took days to put together.

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What we built

We designed SmartHMS from scratch as a fully modular, role-based platform in which every department works from a single source of truth. Patient management, diagnostics, pharmacy, billing and analytics all read and write the same records in real time.

Each hospital branch has its own isolated database and its own address on the platform, and the system runs on cloud infrastructure with healthcare-grade security: role-based permissions, audit logs and token-secured APIs.

03

The outcome

Registration, consultation, diagnostics, pharmacy and billing now follow one patient record from the first visit to discharge. Manual paperwork fell sharply, reports arrive digitally instead of by hand, and hospital leadership sees revenue, occupancy and activity as they happen.

How it helps, area by area.

01 The patient journey

One patient record from registration to discharge.

The problem

When each department keeps its own files, a patient's story is scattered and every handover risks a mistake.

Every patient receives a unique MR number at registration, and every later step is linked to that single record.

  • Registration: the patient gets an MR number and one linked record
  • Consultation: the doctor records vitals, diagnosis and prescriptions digitally, and pharmacy and lab receive instructions instantly
  • Diagnostics and pharmacy: tests are tracked in real time and medicines are dispensed against the electronic prescription
  • Billing and discharge: invoices are generated automatically and the patient receives a digital summary
02 Patients & medical records

Registration, OPD and IPD, and a complete clinical record.

The problem

In-patient and out-patient data lived in separate systems, so doctors could not see a patient's full history.

Patient management and electronic medical records sit together, so a doctor sees every earlier visit and result when the patient walks in.

  • Patient registration with OPD and IPD workflows
  • Appointment scheduling and visit history
  • Doctor consultation notes, vitals and allergies
  • Prescriptions and discharge summaries
03 Laboratory & radiology

Diagnostic reports that arrive digitally, not by hand.

The problem

Reports were logged manually and physically delivered to the wards, which delayed treatment.

Lab and radiology orders are tracked from the moment they are made, with a clear status for every test, and reports appear in the patient record as soon as they are ready.

  • Diagnostic test management for lab and radiology
  • Status tracking: pending, patient arrived, completed and conduction completed
  • Search by MR number, lab number or order number
  • Digital reports available instantly in the patient record
04 Pharmacy & inventory

Live stock, linked to the prescription.

The problem

Spreadsheets hid shortages and let expired medicines go unnoticed.

Pharmacy works from the same record as the doctor: prescriptions flow in from the EMR, stock updates as medicines are dispensed, and sales feed straight into billing.

  • Medicine inventory with live stock levels
  • Prescriptions received directly from the EMR
  • Sales billing from the pharmacy counter
05 Billing, beds & wards

Invoices built from what actually happened.

The problem

Billing was assembled by hand from handwritten notes, and nobody could easily tell which beds were free.

Services from every department roll into automatically generated invoices, while bed and ward management shows what is occupied and available in real time.

  • Auto-generated invoices from all services
  • Insurance tracking and a revenue reporting dashboard
  • Real-time room and bed allocation and availability
  • Admission and discharge management
06 Multi-branch & analytics

Every branch separate, leadership able to see the whole.

The problem

Across branches there were duplicated records, inconsistent billing and no combined reporting; monthly reports took days.

Each branch runs on its own database and subdomain, so data stays isolated, while an admin dashboard shows live statistics, patient analytics and revenue insights.

  • Separate database for each hospital branch with subdomain-based access
  • Admin dashboard with real-time statistics and data visualisation
  • Patient analytics and revenue insights
  • Interface available in nine languages
07 Security & access

The right people see the right things, and everything is logged.

The problem

Patient data is sensitive, and staff should only reach what their role needs.

Access is controlled by role and department, every action is recorded in an audit trail, and integrations use token-authenticated APIs.

  • Role-based access with department-wise permissions
  • Complete activity logging and audit trails
  • Secure sign-in with session management
  • Data isolation between hospital branches
  • Token-authenticated REST APIs

Results

Reduction in manual paperwork, as reported in the published case study
70%
Core modules deployed on one platform
10+
Separate database for every hospital branch
Multi-branch

Technology used

  • Laravel 11
  • Livewire
  • Blade and AJAX
  • MySQL
  • REST APIs with token authentication
  • AWS multi-tenant deployment
  • Queue jobs and background processing
  • Role-based access and audit logs

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