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Design And Implementation Of An Electronic Patient Management System
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Usage of Information Technology (IT) remained comparatively very less in
Health sectors that other sector despite having more potential. Health
Institution, which is an important sector, should encourage IT usage
resulting better productivity, effectiveness, efficiency and economics
leading to better health care of all. This paper tells a success of
implementation of ICT (Information Communication Technology) in
monitoring of medicine in health institution. System work on low-end
resources and E-mail (Electronic mail) based data transfer from District
Head Quarter to State Head Quarter.Implementation of Med-Centre in all
the district of Enugu result in checking on pilferage (the act of
stealing amounts or small articles) for medicine, increase in
availability of medicine at Government institution, increase in
attendance of patients/doctor in health institution, optimal utilization
of medicine and data capturing at source, resulting in availability of
error-free data at Head Quarter.
Electronic Patient Management System
is a certified automated payment processing software. It is used by
hospitals to input, process and display their patient information. This
system is used to manage and maintain electronic medical records,
patient information, prescriptions, lab reports etc. It is an effective
tool in the hand of the hospital management. Shonahan Hospital,Nsukka,
Enugu which is the case study, has patients whose fees are to be
collected after treatment.
Shonahan Hospital, Nsukka, Enugu is one of
the biggest and well equipped hospitals in Nigeria. It has nine (9)
training schools/programmers in the hospital.From the studies carried
out by the researcher, the hospital’s initial means of recording was
manual from automated system to computerized system which lacked some
features such as patients and nurses records.
The Hospital is a very
important part of our society and it is imperative for healthcare
providers to do their jobs in an efficient and effective manner. Each
day hundreds of thousands of patients enter healthcare facilities
challenging the administration to run the show smoothly. The employees
have to manage and integrate clinical, financial and operational
information that grows with the practice.Information technology has made
a significant impact on the healthcare sector. The past decade has
witnessed the foray of numerous information systems and their resultant
products into the hospital scenario. The number of investments in
computers and types of hospital systems has increased. This is because
paper medical records are cumbersome, bulky to use and difficult to
manage. On the other hand digital records are much easier to handle and
improve the workflow efficiency by integrating various tasks. The
ultimate objective therefore, is to build a network of interdependent
centers such as the clinical laboratory, radiology department, pharmacy,
and so on in order to effectively meet the needs arising within the
hospital. Despite the fact that these individual centers are autonomous,
they are interdependent in terms of delivering services and to ensure
effectiveness of providing care. All this can be achieved through
hospital information systems that have formed the cornerstone of today’s
modern hospital.
A patient is any person who receives medical
attention, care or treatment. The person is most often ill or injured
and in need of treatment by a physician or any other medical
professional whereas an outpatient is a patient who is not hospitalized
for 24 hours or more but who visits a hospital, clinic, or associated
facility for diagnosis or treatment. Treatment provided in this fashion
is called ambulatory care.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This project title is written to help hospitals especially SHONAHAN HOSPITAL, NSUKKA, Enugu in the areas they encounter problems in keeping their attendance scheme for patient and the solution given to tackle problem such as transforming the existing manual attendance scheme for patients system in which the existing problems involved at the time was laziness of the Doctors to work, misplacement of files, excessive loitering around of patient for their files and loitering of paper in the office.T ... Continue reading---
