Design and Development of Web Based Information System for Asthmatic Treatment and follow up for Enchini Hospital
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2018-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Back ground: People who have asthma from early childhood can experience an asthma-related disability for much of their life. Web-based applications provide the power of desktop and server applications with the flexibility and accessibility of the web. Using web browsers, users can securely access applications from anywhere within the reach of the organization intranet or extranet.
Objective: The main objective of this project is to Design and develop a web based Information system to improve asthma treatment and follow up of asthma patients in Enchini Hospital.
Methodology: In this project design science methodology were used. Design Science Research project is inherently a problem-solving process. To develop web based information system a necessary software application like Java script, PHP, data base and ASP.Net were used. Finally the project will be presented in Addis Ababa University School of public health & Information Science.
Result: Health care information system is a computer application to represent patient information in a friendly user interface and allowing users to review and interact with patient health information, such as diagnosis, medicine orders, managing patient appointment, follow up and other services. The menus of the developed system were developed by Oromic language, because the community who got service from the Hospitals was Oromo, so they can communicate with their health providers by their own languages. As the results of user evaluation proves, 92.72% of the evaluators agree that the system meets their need for users interface and the system prototype has a good & clear informational and functional explanation regarding the major functionalities of the system and it is accepted as a better technology that link health providers with patients.
Conclusion: Web based information Systems have the potential to improve Asthma care, follow up and quality of life in patients and reduce Hospitalizations for asthma disease. Based on the result of the evaluation we may conclude that the system is accepted by its potential users (medical professionals and patients) and its full implementation can improve asthmatic treatment and follow up in the hospital.
Generally the designed & developed of web based information system fulfills the gap between patients & health providers in the process of asthma treatment & follow up. We recommend the full implementation of the system and make it accessible for the users.
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Development of Web Based Information System