Sharda Hospital, part of ShardaCare Healthcity in Greater Noida, has become North India’s first medical facility to achieve fully paperless inpatient operations by digitizing all clinical and administrative workflows through Presco’s Paperless IPD platform, enabling real-time data access and eliminating physical records.
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The transition replaces manual documentation with electronic processes for clinical notes, nursing records, investigations, and discharge summaries. It supports instant multi-team access, reduces errors and delays, enhances patient safety, and aligns with India’s Digital Health Mission while providing a modern digital training environment for medical students in this teaching hospital.
Sharda Hospital has marked a historic milestone in Indian healthcare by becoming North India’s first fully paperless medical hospital, eliminating paper-based inpatient records entirely. Powered by Presco’s advanced Paperless IPD platform, the hospital has digitized every aspect of inpatient care from clinical notes and nursing documentation to investigations and discharge summaries.
This comprehensive shift ensures real-time access to accurate patient data across departments, allowing doctors, nurses, and support staff to view and update records simultaneously at the point of care. No more delays from physical file movement, handwritten errors, or dependency on paper trails.
As a leading teaching hospital, Sharda now offers medical students and trainees hands-on experience in a completely digital clinical environment, preparing the next generation for data-driven workflows and electronic documentation standards.
The initiative delivers multiple benefits:
Faster clinical decision-making and stronger care team coordination.
Minimized documentation errors and enhanced patient safety.
Improved audit readiness, regulatory compliance, and readiness for national digital health programs.
Significant environmental gains by saving millions of sheets of paper annually, reducing storage needs, and cutting waste.
This achievement aligns seamlessly with the Prime Minister’s Digital Health Mission, accelerating India’s push toward interoperable, patient-centric digital infrastructure. While partial digitization is common, Sharda’s end-to-end paperless model sets a benchmark for large tertiary-care institutions tackling scale and complexity.
“Instant access to accurate clinical information enables faster decision-making, stronger coordination among care teams, and improved patient safety.”
By
HB Team
