Computerization of Healthcare System
CHAPTER I
Introduction
In today’s modern age where computer has become a way of life, it is evident that the majority of the country’s institutions still do not adapt the high technology. Particularly in most medical clinic facilities, daily clinic transactions are still done on papers. We all know that modern clinics are now operating at great pace striving to serve as many patients as possible with the best of their abilities. But as the years rolled by, the number of patients has grown and various medical cases arise that the manual method of managing patients’ records, prescriptions, billing and appointment schedule, is no longer practical.
In this study, we hope to develop a LAN-based application that will minimize all paper works and manual records keeping, therefore allowing doctors and staff ease in keeping track of patients, reducing patients’ waiting time and increasing the number of patients served – a system that is fully automated, user-friendly, time effective and efficient. Patient Information System (PIS) is the electronic form of health information which is systematically collected for a specific patient or the whole population (Gunter and Terry, 2005). Nowadays in the Patient Information system, the principle is to have one record for one patient, which contains the whole medical history of this specific patient.
With the development of information technology, Patient Information System (PIS) is becoming more and more common in the healthcare area, comparing to traditional paper-based patient record. PIS can include a wide range of data and information. Because of the complexity of the clinical data, PIS needs to be presented in a better way using visualization for physicians to actually benefit from it. Reviewing the patient's complete medical history often meant requisitioning charts from records resulting in delays that could potentially make an impact a physician's ability to give timely diagnosis and care, or, at the very least,
Introduction
In today’s modern age where computer has become a way of life, it is evident that the majority of the country’s institutions still do not adapt the high technology. Particularly in most medical clinic facilities, daily clinic transactions are still done on papers. We all know that modern clinics are now operating at great pace striving to serve as many patients as possible with the best of their abilities. But as the years rolled by, the number of patients has grown and various medical cases arise that the manual method of managing patients’ records, prescriptions, billing and appointment schedule, is no longer practical.
In this study, we hope to develop a LAN-based application that will minimize all paper works and manual records keeping, therefore allowing doctors and staff ease in keeping track of patients, reducing patients’ waiting time and increasing the number of patients served – a system that is fully automated, user-friendly, time effective and efficient. Patient Information System (PIS) is the electronic form of health information which is systematically collected for a specific patient or the whole population (Gunter and Terry, 2005). Nowadays in the Patient Information system, the principle is to have one record for one patient, which contains the whole medical history of this specific patient.
With the development of information technology, Patient Information System (PIS) is becoming more and more common in the healthcare area, comparing to traditional paper-based patient record. PIS can include a wide range of data and information. Because of the complexity of the clinical data, PIS needs to be presented in a better way using visualization for physicians to actually benefit from it. Reviewing the patient's complete medical history often meant requisitioning charts from records resulting in delays that could potentially make an impact a physician's ability to give timely diagnosis and care, or, at the very least,