Patient Registration (OPD, Casualty, Appointment & ORS)
Used for patient registration in the OPD and Casualty departments, as well as for booking, confirming and cancelling appointments.
Digital India · Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
One digital platform for patients, hospitals and doctors
The NextGen eHospital application is a Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) designed for the internal workflows and processes of hospitals. NextGen eHospital is a one-stop solution that helps connect patients, hospitals, and doctors on a single digital platform.
- Health facilities live
- 4,604
- States & union territories
- 38
- Districts covered
- 682
- Facility types
- 40
Patient Registration
Admission, Discharge & Transfer
Billing
Clinic
Lab Information System
Radiology Information System
Store and Inventory
Operation Theater
Dietary
Platform activity to date
Cumulative volume across the network, as on 25 Aug 2026, 08:00 IST
- 52.27 Cr
- OPD registrations
- 2.30 Cr
- IPD (ADT) transactions
- 5.67 Cr
- ABHA registrations
- 4.05 Cr
- Prescriptions generated
About Us
Built by NIC for the nation’s hospitals
Under the Digital India initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, the National Informatics Centre (NIC) has developed the NextGen eHospital and ORS (Online Registration System) applications.
The ORS portal was inaugurated by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India on 1st July 2015. It links hospitals across the country for booking online appointments and provides patient-centric services such as viewing lab reports, checking blood availability status, and making online payments.
Vision
NIC developed the NextGen eHospital project with the vision of improving the delivery of healthcare services to citizens across the country.
Digitization
The NextGen eHospital application is a cloud-based Hospital Management Information System for the digitization of internal workflows and processes in hospitals.
One-Stop Solution
The NextGen eHospital system is a one-stop solution which helps in connecting patients, hospitals and doctors on a single digital platform.
Architecture
The NextGen eHospital application is a web-enabled, workflow-based application available on the cloud and is used by hospitals across the country.
eHospital Modules
Every hospital workflow, on one platform
Admission, Discharge & Transfer (IPD)
Commences when the patient is registered and allotted a bed in the ward. It deals with the complete treatment and services provided during their stay in the hospital.
Billing
Handles all types of billing workflows, assisting cashiers and billing operators with billing receipts, cancelling receipts and processing refunds.
Clinic (OPD & IPD)
Allows clinicians to record visits, examinations, diagnoses, medical history, treatments and prescriptions, and to order investigations, procedures and medicines.
Lab Information System (LIS)
Automates ordering tests on patient specimens, accessioning specimens into the laboratory database, processing and analysing them, and verifying and reporting results.
Radiology Information System (RIS)
Automates radiology services, including ordering and scheduling tests and procedures, reviewing and verifying results, and reporting diagnoses for clinical treatment.
Store and Inventory
Manages stores, equipment and pharmacies, along with generating indents and procuring or providing store items, equipment and medicines.
Operation Theater
Automates the functions and workflows of operation theatres in hospitals.
Dietary
Automates the functions of dietary services provided to patients in hospitals.
Laundry
Automates the functions and workflows of laundry services in hospitals.
Queue Management
Manages patient flow at registration counters and clinics, and is the dominant route through which patients are linked to their ABHA health account.
ABHA Enabled
Links patients to the Ayushman Bharat Health Account ecosystem through queue management, look-up, QR scan and search.
Objectives
Why NextGen eHospital exists
The NextGen eHospital project was initiated with the following objectives:
To provide the NextGen eHospital, e-BloodBank and ORS applications to government hospitals.
To provide an online patient portal for delivery of citizen-centric services, such as online appointment booking, access to lab reports, and blood availability status.
To offer application-related technical support to the hospitals through a dedicated Call Centre / Helpdesk.
See how the network is performing
Module-wise statistics, facility-wise statistics and twelve months of trends across 4,604 health facilities — with an assistant that answers questions directly from the data.