IT Consulting from the Trenches

HOSPITAL ERP

Enterprise Resource Planning software like SAP's unifies traditional management functions within a coherent, integrated system. ERP software enables everyone in the company, for instance, to view a status report on operations at any given time. (And of course, the view depends upon the authorization of the viewer.) The report can present an overview and also dig in for more detail. When you visit the industry solutions page of SAP however you will see that there is none for the healthcare industry. Hospitals exemplify organizations that need specialized ERP. In the healthcare industry, the big ERP players are companies like Siemens and Hitachi. Presented below is a story about the way that Hitachi changed the information flow in one of the largest ER (emergency room) in the US.