Chandigarh, April 20 -- The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research's (PGIMER) plan to upgrade its software - Hospital Information System (HIS) 1.0 - to 2.0 version has been moving at a snail's pace for the past three years. Considering the need for an upgrade amid the increasing patient load, the standing finance committee of the institution had given in-principle approval for replacing HIS 1.0 with HIS 2.0 in 2022.

However, officials say that they have finalised the requirements for the new software and the executing agency - Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) - would be conveyed about the same soon.

The upgrade is meant to make better the patient-centric services, like registration and appointment b...