HCL inks outsourcing deal with Fortis

NEW DELHI: Hospital chain Fortis Healthcare has outsourced its IT systems and processes for all its hospitals to HCL Technologies for five years. The financial details of the deal was not announced.

As per the agreement, the HCL Tech will deploy Hospital Information Systems (HIS) & Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions to standardise operations across Fortis��� 28 hospitals in the country.

This deal makes Fortis the first healthcare delivery company in India to completely outsource IT applications and infrastructure management, Fortis said in a statement.

Shivinder Singh, MD , Fortis Healthcare said, ���IT forms the back bone for hospital operations and improved patient care. The system integration with high end IT infrastructure would result in enhanced performance and superior patient care.���