DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ONLINE DRUG PRESCRIPTION INFORMATION SYSTEM A CASE STUDY OF WHO ENUGU

ABSTRACT

Drug is a substance that affects the function of living cells, used in medicine to diagnose, cure, prevent the occurrence of diseases and disorders, and prolong the life of patients with incurable conditions. The availability of new and more effective drugs, such as antibiotics, which fight bacterial infections, and vaccines, which prevent diseases caused by bacteria and viruses, helped increase the average American’s life span from about 60 years in 1900 to about 78 years in 2005. Drugs have vastly improved the quality of life. During the 20^th century, drugs enabled the eradication of smallpox, once a widespread and often fatal disease. By the early 21^st century, vaccines had led to the near eradication of poliomyelitis, once feared as a cause of paralysis. The research was conducted mainly to examine the positive and negatives effects of not making good use of online drug prescription information system in the business administration of an hospital. For effective research on this topic the drug patient drug system. Both primary and secondary data were used to elicit information from sample studied, the primary source of data were response form the personal interview which secondary source form textbook on business management and administration and periodicals. Online drug prescription information systems are used to record pharmaceutical product. The available products are shown on the system for their client to view and make demand for their choice. This project is written to help Pharmaceuticals Companies especially World Health Organization Enugu in the areas they encounter problems in keeping their record and the solution given to tackle those problem.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page                                                                                                       i          

Certification                                                                                                  ii

Approval                                                                                                       iii

Dedication                                                                                                     iv

Acknowledgement                                                                                       v

Abstract                                                                                                         vi

Organisational of Work                                                                              vii

Table of content                                                                                           viii

CHAPTER ONE

1.0       Introduction                                                                                                  1

1.1       Statement of problem                                                                                  2

1.2       Aims and objectives                                                                                    2

1.3       Purpose of study                                                                                          2

1.4       Significant of study                                                                                     3

1.5       Scope/Delimitations                                                                         3

1.6       Limitations/Constraints                                                                              3

1.7       Assumption of study                                                                                   3

1.8       Definition of terms                                                                                      4                     

CHAPTER TWO

2.0       Literature review                                                                                          6

CHAPTER THREE

3.0       Description and analysis of the existing system                                     9

3.1       Fact-finding method/ methodology                                                           9

3.2       Organisational Structure/Organogram                                     10

3.3       Objectives of the existing system                                                             10

3.4       Input, Process, and Output Analysis                                                         11

            3.4.1   Input Analysis                                                                                  11

            3.4.2   Process Analysis                                                                              11

            3,4.3   Output Analysis                                                                               11

3.5       Information Flow diagram                                                                          12

3.6       Problems of the existing system                                                                12

3.7       Justification of the new system                                                                 13

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0       Design of the new system                                                                           14

4.1       Design Standard                                                                                           14

4.2       Output specification and design                                                                14

4.3       Input specification and design                                                                   14

4.3.1   file design                                                                                          15

4.4       Procedure chart                                                                                            16

4.5       Systems flowchart                                                                                        17

4.6       System requirements                                                                                   18

            4.6.1   Hardware Requirements                                                                 18

            4.6.2   Software Requirements                                                                   18

            4.6.3   Operational Requirements                                                              18

            4.6.4   Personnel Requirements                                                                 18

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0       Implementation                                                                                            19

5.1       Design Standard                                                                                           19

5.2       Program design                                                                                             20

5.2.1   Program Flowchart                                                                           20

5.2.2   Pseudo code                                                                                      24

5.3       Coding                                                                                                           25

5.4       Test Data/Test Run                                                                                      31

5.5       User Training – An overview                                                                     31

5.6       Cutover Process                                                                                           31

CHAPTER SIX

6.0       Documentation                                                                                             32

6.1       The user documentation                                                                             32

6.2       The programmer documentation                                                               32

CHAPTER SEVEN

7.0       Recommendations, Summary and Conclusion                    33

7.1       Recommendation                                                                                         33

7.2       Summary                                                                                                       34

7.3       Conclusion                                                                                                    34

REFERENCES                                                                                           &nb