Requirement Analysis and Design of Web Based Drug Information System in Ethiopia
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2014
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Background: Web-Based Drug Information System (WBDIS) is a computerized system
designed to meet the information needs of doctors, pharmacist and clients as well in hospital with
respect to drugs. It is a system that provides electronic drug references data in the pharmacology
field. WBDIS will provide versatile benefits in terms of granting up-to date, impartial and
scientific drug information to medical professionals and the public at large. The doctors and
pharmacists always refer to the drug references data in order to know the details about the
specific drug data. At the government hospital, the process of finding the drug references data
still done in manual way by drug references books. Other than that, the drug references books are
outdated. There are no standard drug references systems that can be referred by the doctors and
pharmacists.
Objective: This project aims to analyze requirements gathered and design of drug information
system that is rendered by Drug Information Centers (DIC) at national level.
Methods Among various software development life cycle models defined and designed which
are followed during software development process, waterfall SDLC model was followed to
design and analyze WBDIS. This project carried out within public medical and paramedical
professionals and their clients in Federal hospitals located in Addis Ababa. Requirements for the
project analysis and design gathered through interview and document review.
Tools and Techniques: Word document and Visio diagrams are the tools used to create this
document. Use cases and UML diagrams are created to describe the scenarios.
Results: Analysis and design documents of WBDIS were the deliverables following the
completion of the project, including Software Requirement Specification (SRS) and Software
Design Specification (SDS).
Conclusion: In this project, I analyzed the current DIS and designed Web-based drug
Information System that provides online drug information safely and easily to the health
professionals and the public. The system was not only analyzed and designed to provide merely
drug information, but was also analyzed and designed in a way that the users is allowed to
interact with the system by posting requests and comments. WBDIS have also a separate
administration part that helps the system administrator to manage all drugs data, users, drug
category, security and user`s request.
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Analysis and Design of WDBIS