DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPUTERIZED DATABASE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (CASE STUDY OF PARK LANE HOSPITAL, ENUGU)

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

A Computerized Database management Information system  (CDMIS), variously also called clinical information system (CIS) is a comprehensive, integrated information system designed to manage the administrative, financial and clinical aspects of a hospital. This encompasses paper-based information processing as well as data processing machines.

As an area of medical informatics the aim of an CDMIS is to achieve the best possible support of patient care and administration by electronic data processing.

It can be composed of one or a few software components with specialty-specific extensions as well as of a large variety of sub-systems in medical specialties (e.g. Laboratory Information System, Radiology Information System).

CISs are sometimes separated from CDMIS in that the former concentrate on patient-related and clinical-state-related data (electronic patient record) whereas the latter keeps track of administrative issues. The distinction is not always clear and there is contradictory evidence against a consistent use of both terms.

Usage of Information Technology (IT) remained comparatively very less in Health sector than other sectors despite having more potential. Health Institutions, which is important sector, should encourage IT usage resulting better productivity, effectiveness, efficiency and economics leading to better health care to all. This paper tells a success story of implementation of ICT in monitoring of medicine in health Institutions. System works on low-end resources and E-mail based data transfer from District Hard Quarter to State Head Quarter. Implementation of Med-Centre in all the districts of Enugu results in check on pilferage of medicine, increase in availability of medicine at Government Institution, increase in attendance of patient/doctors in health institution, optimal utilization of medicine and data capturing at source, resulting in availability of error-free data at State Head quarter

Every day, the health of Nigerians is threatened by adverse events caused by errors in the manual entry and processing of drug prescriptions. For each prescription allergy, drug-to-drug and drug-to-diagnosis interactions should be checked against a complete medication profile and a legible prescription should be produced for the pharmacist to dispense. In general, across Canada, this is not always the case today.

Drug Information Systems Program is focused on creating an interoperable drug information system that will carry all data concerning a patient’s medication history: prescribed and dispensed drugs, allergies, ongoing drug treatment, etc., in order to ensure patient safety. Drug and drug-interaction checks are performed automatically and added to the patients’ drug profiles in their Electronic Health Record (EHR). These systems provide physicians and pharmacists with data to support appropriate and accurate prescribing and dispensing, thereby avoiding adverse drug interactions and possible related deaths.

1. STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

This has to do with the title of the project, which is the design, and implementation of a Computerized Database management Information system .

Due to the problem encountered with the inventory control of a Drug industries, the need arise to develop a software that will assist to solve the problem. The problem caused by the use of manual method can only be solved by computerizing the hospital processing.

1.3       PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

            The main purposes of this project are

1. To computerize the Hospital management information system in park lane hospital Enugu.
2. To devise the effective efficient cost effective means of using automated or computerized method to disseminate or spread information
3. To ensure adequate circulation of finished drug product.
4. To facilitate the services of the hospital to its patients.
5. To ensure adequate documentation of hospital materials.

1.4       SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The Hospital Management Information System will: