What a nursing home needs from its software
In a nursing home, the same few doctors and nurses run the OPD in the morning, look after admitted patients through the day and handle surgeries when they are planned. Paperwork falls on people who would rather be with patients, and the owner often does the accounts personally.
- OPD and IPD in one place. A patient seen in the OPD and admitted the same day should not be registered twice.
- A clear picture of beds. The desk needs to know which beds are free before saying yes to an admission.
- IPD files that hold up. Notes, orders and medication charts should be signed and complete, with corrections recorded rather than overwritten.
- Time for nurses. Typing notes and orders at the end of a shift takes time away from patients.
- Bills that add up. Bed days, orders and lab charges should collect on the admission, and deposits must be netted off at discharge.
How Sehat Nxt fits
OPD runs on the live OPD queue, where patients follow their token on their phone. When the doctor decides to admit, the patient is forwarded from the queue to IPD management, keeping the same UHID and record.
Each admission has its own workspace: history and examination, doctor orders, a medication administration record, a vitals schedule and the care team. Records are signed, amended or voided with an audit trail. Doctors and nurses can dictate admission details, notes and orders by voice, and typed fields save automatically. The case file prints in A4 on your letterhead.
For surgery, the OT workflow moves each case through planned, pre-op, in OT, recovery and shifted out, with the documents for each stage. Daily census and bed occupancy reports show the administrator how the beds are used.
In hospital billing, the admission's bed days, orders and lab charges collect on a running bill, deposits are recorded as they are paid, and the final bill nets them off. Payer and TPA cases can be split between the patient and the payer. Tests go to the laboratory, and medicines can be dispensed from pharmacy and inventory.
Start with, add later
| Stage | Modules | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Day one | Live OPD queue, EMR and digital prescription, IPD management | OPD and admissions in one record, with a bed board |
| Same week | Hospital billing, staff and roles | Running bills with deposits, and logins for nurses and the billing desk |
| When you take insured patients | Payer and TPA in hospital billing | Split bills and track claims to settlement |
| When you run your own lab or store | Laboratory, pharmacy and inventory | Test orders and medicines linked to the admission |
Getting started
- Book a demo and tell us about your beds, your OT and how admissions and billing work today.
- Set up your wards, rooms and beds so the bed board matches the building.
- Build or adjust IPD templates so forms follow the layout your doctors already use.
- Load your price list, including bed charges and common services.
- Add doctors, nurses and billing staff, each with access only to their modules.
- Start with new admissions while current patients are finished on paper, then move fully to Sehat Nxt.
Plans start from ₹999 per month; for a custom quote, talk to us. Patient data is hosted on servers in India. To walk through an admission from the OPD to the final bill, book a free demo.
Guides for nursing homes
Questions from nursing homes
We have only a few beds. Is IPD management too much for us?
No. Wards, rooms and beds are set up by the hospital, so the bed board shows exactly the beds you have, whether that is a handful or several wards.
Can nurses fill IPD notes by voice?
Yes. Voice dictation is available on IPD pages, including admission by voice and voice orders. The filled form is shown for checking before it is saved.
Can we keep using our own IPD forms?
Yes. The template builder creates forms with structured fields, medication tables and drawing areas, so your existing forms can be rebuilt.
How are advance deposits handled at discharge?
Deposits are recorded against the admission as they are paid, and the final bill nets them off. Refunds and credit notes are also supported.