Hospital Information System (HIS) to improve operational efficiency and enhance business processes

Wipro Infotech, the India and Middle East IT Business unit of Wipro Ltd and a leading provider of IT and business transformation services today announced that it has won a 10-year contract from Manipal Health Enterprises Private Limited (MHEPL). As a result of this strategic partnership, Wipro will implement its latest Hospital Information System Solution &data migration services across Manipal Group Hospitals.

The proposed HIS application is patient-centric. It will provide immediate access to clinical, administrative and billing data required for the efficient functioning of a hospital. It will ensure high levels of automation, better availability of information; reduction in patient's waiting time and better utilization of revenues.

Wipro's engagement with Manipal Hospitals spans across a gamut of services encompassing integration of HIS with third party software, interfacing with lab equipments and providing infrastructure support services on HIS Platform.

Manipal Hospitals has been providing high quality healthcare services to patients for over five decades. The Manipal Health Enterprises' Network of Hospitals manages around 4,900 beds through15 hospitals, spread over 11 locations across 5 States in India. The network of hospitals covers all levels of delivery from primary to quaternary care. It has, over the years, built a significant committed clinical and healthcare skill pool of over 1,500 doctors and 5,500 nurses, paramedics and support staff, dedicated to its core values of "clinical excellence, patient centric services and ethical practices" and thereby delivering the highest standards of healthcare to its patients. MHE's hospital network annually services around 2 million patients in India and overseas.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Anand Sankaran, Sr Vice President and Business Head - India and Middle East and Global Business Head - Infrastructure and Services, Wipro said,"We are delighted to be chosen as Manipal Hospitals' partner in this business transformation program which will enable drive superior customer experience and greater operational efficiencies. Healthcare is a focus vertical for Wipro worldwide, and we have over 120 satisfied customers successfully leveraging our Hospital Information Solution (HIS) across India, Middle East and Asia Pacific. With Wipro's in-depth expertise and rich experience of implementation in hospitals, both in the private and government sector, we are confident of delivering an efficient and cost effective solution to Manipal Hospital."

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Rajen Padukone, CEO, Manipal Health Enterprises said, "Given our plans for Hospital network and business expansion in the near future, it is essential that we complement this with a robust hospital information system that will help in taking us to the next level of our growth trajectory. We believe that our strategic partnership with Wipro in this area will significantly improve efficiencies in providing quality service to our patients across our network."

As an area of medical informatics the aim of an HIS is to achieve the best possible support of patient care and outcome and administration by presenting data where needed and acquiring data when generated with networked electronic data processing. In this regard Dr Nagendra Swamy, President & Chairman, Quality Council at MHE, said "The HIS implementation initiative will help Manipal Hospitals in improving Quality of Service Delivery by the way of process standardization and automation, improving Patient Satisfaction by reducing waiting time & hence improving overall efficiency of Hospital Operations. Quality is an integral aspect with regards to achieving service delivery standards and going forward we would like to have the benefit of the analytics that can be mined from the HIS and develop into actionable strategies. One of the benefits of having a state of the art HIS is improved monitoring of drug usage and study of effectiveness. This leads to the reduction of adverse drug interactions and thus addresses a major patient safety parameter"

Some of the advantages of having a unified HIS are aspects like easy access to patient data to generate varied records, including classification based on demographic, gender, age, and so on. It helps as a decision support system for the hospital authorities for developing comprehensive health care policies and also to view a broad picture of hospital growth. HIS also helps in enhances information integrity, reduces transcription errors, and reduces duplication of information entries. Mr. Nandkishor Dhomne, Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Manipal Health Enterprises, who is at the forefront of implementation of this initiative said "As a part of our digital hospital roadmap, we are glad to partner with Wipro for this strategic initiative of implementing a common HIS solution across Manipal Hospitals & integrating the same with all our back office systems. I am sure that this will help us in providing a completely integrated technology platform to all our group hospitals which will in turn help us in process standardization & automation, making data available at the point of care, reduce waiting time, real time dashboards for faster decision making by all stake holders and improve overall efficiency of our hospitals by using state of the art technology solutions"

About Wipro Infotech

Wipro Infotech, a division of the US $7 billion Wipro Limited, provides enterprise customers with high value Information Technology Products, Software Services, Solutions and Consulting Services in India and the Middle East. Headquartered at Bangalore, Wipro Infotech serves customers in India through a network of 22 offices and 170 service locations across the country. It also has regional offices across the Middle East serving the region.

About Wipro Ltd

Wipro Limited provides comprehensive IT solutions and services, including systems integration, information systems outsourcing, IT enabled services, package implementation, software application development and maintenance, and research and development services to corporations globally. Wipro Limited is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified IT Services Company globally. In the Indian market, Wipro is a leader in providing IT solutions and services for the corporate segment in India offering system integration, network integration, software solutions and IT services. In the Asia Pacific and Middle East markets, Wipro provides IT solutions and services for global corporations. Wipro also has profitable presence in niche market segments of consumer products and lighting. Wipro's ADSs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and its equity shares are listed in India on the Stock Exchange - Mumbai, and the National Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit our website at www.wipro.com

Contacts:
India:
Purnima Burman
Wipro Infotech
+91- 9900512025
purnima.burman@wipro.com

Agency:
Arundathi Ramanan
IPAN Hill and Knowlton
+91- 9844522612
aramanan@ipanhillandknowlton.com

Forward-looking and Cautionary Statements
Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in our earnings, revenue and profits, our ability to generate and manage growth, intense competition in IT services, our ability to maintain our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which we make strategic investments, withdrawal of fiscal governmental incentives, political instability, war, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property, and general economic conditions affecting our business and industry. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. We may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by us or on our behalf.

distributed by