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Designing A Hospital Inventory Management System
[A CASE STUDY OF UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN HEALTH SERVICES (JAJA CLINIC)]
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4.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
The requirements needed for the successful running and implementation of this software are described below and are divided into two parts which are the hardware requirements and software requirements.
4.1.1 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
In order for the software developed using to function properly, the following is the minimum hardware requirement:
i. 1GHz Intel Pentium IV processor
ii. Minimum of 250GB hard disk space
iii. Minimum of 2GB of available memory (RAM)
iv. An optional USB port
v. Graphics card with a minimum 1GB dedicated memory
vi. Input devices (keyboard and mouse)
vii. Output device (Monitor and Printer)
4.1.2 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
The essential software needed for efficient implementation includes:
i. Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 0R 10. Linux Operating system, MACOS X, Sun Solaris.
ii. Java Runtime environment.
iii. MySQL Server for Windows
iv. Microsoft .NET FRAMEWORK 4 (version 4.0 and version 1.1)
v. MySQL connector .net
4.2 CHOICE OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
The hospital inventory management system was implemented using different programming languages as the system modules required.
4.2.1 JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
Java programming language was used to implement all the interfaces and functionalities of the application because it offers a lot of object oriented features. It is also cross platform, it has well -structured constructs and very modular.
Java is a very powerful programming language that powers most mobile and desktop applications. It can be used by both professionals and novice programmers. So many ground breaking applications have been built using this programming language and they range from business applications to payroll, inventory applications, graphics design, games, e-learning applications etc. It emphasizes achieving program clarity through the proven techniques of object-oriented programming. This application is based on Sun's Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE). Sun provides an implementation of this platform, called the J2SE Development Kit (JDK) that includes the minimum set of tools needed to write software in Java. There are a lot of IDE that can be used in writing applications in java and some of the available ones are: eclipse, netbeans, JBuilder, JGrasp, JPro, IntellijIDea etc.
Netbeans IDE 8.0.1 was used for writing the java codes. The following are part of what java was used to achieve in this project.
i. Interface design
ii. Develop a graph based algorithm.
iii. Use a graph visualization library.
iv. Parse the pathway data into an XML format.
v. Read in files from the host machine (.dat file and .xml files)
vi. Build the application
vii. Implement the whole application flow and algorithm
4.2.2 MySQL
It is one of the world’s most widely used Database management systems. The SQL acronym stands for Structured Query Language. MySQL is a popular choice of database for use in web applications. It is written in C and C++. Its SQL parser is written in yacc, but it uses a home-brewed lexical analyzer. MySQL works on many system platforms including AIX, Linux, OS X, Microsoft windows, Sun OS, etc.
4.3 APPLICATION MODULE
On launching the application, the first screen that will be seen is the login screen. Before using the application at all, the user must be a new staff of the hospital yet to be registered on the database, with no username and password to access the application or a registered staff with a username and password to access the application.
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ] CHAPTER ONE1.1 INTRODUCTIONLack of knowledge of the availability of some drugs in hospitals can affect the treatment of patients in hospitals. The hospital inventory management system is a system that maintains inventories of drugs. It is stored in the system database, which helps the Hospital management, Staff, Doctors and Nurses in taking absolute care of the patients in the Hospital. Hospital inventory management system also involves the clinical sphere of healthcare service performa ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]In some clinics, a computer is used, albeit in an experimental way to interview patient before or after they see a doctor in order to collect information for the patient’s record and even to assist with the diagnostic process. It is suggested that patients are more relaxed and honest and frank with their replies when faced with an impersonal machine. The computer may assist in medical diagnosis; for example, there are programs that can carry out electro-cardiogram analysis to determine bo ... Continue reading---
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CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER FIVESUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION5.1 SUMMARYThe positive effect and the advantage of computer can never be over emphasized to large extent, computer has been useful to almost all the field of human endeavors and therefore, it will serve a great deal in the hospital inventory of drugs dispensing, ordering and re-ordering at the University of Ibadan health services (Jaja Clinic) if the new system is implemented.5.2 CONCLUSIONIn conclusion hospital inventory management ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]REFERENCES1. Oxford advance beginners dictionary by Edward Jonathan (2005) 5th edition.2. Dr. Tom Hasting, Harvard University, journal (Hospital management, 1996)3. The Role of Hospital Inventory. Vanguard Newspaper August 9th (2007) Pg 6-18.4. The Danger Of Over-stocking And Under-stocking, Donal (2005)5. Computer and Society. Osuagwu (2007),6. The role of effective health care delivery in Nigeria. Olanrewaju (2006)7. A study on effective stock taking a ... Continue reading---
