Designing and Implementation of a Computerized Patient Management System for University Health Service of Federal University Of Technology Akure, Ondo State

Abstract

Hospitals are the key institutions in providing relief against sickness and disease.They have become an integral part of the comprehensive health services in the community, both curative and preventive. Significant progress has been made in improving their efficiency and operations. Effectiveness of a health institution – hospitals or nursing homes, depends on its goals and objectives, its strategic location, soundness of its operations, and efficiency of its management systems. The administrator’s effectiveness depends upon the efficiency with which he is able to achieve the goal and objectives. Some of the major factors determining the effectiveness of a health institution include patient care management and patient satisfaction. Hospitals are very expensive to build and to operate. Administrators and professionals have to be extremely cost conscious. Effective computerized system and procedures need to be implemented to ensure proper utilization of limited resources toward quality health care. It becomes even more important when an in-house medical facility is provided by a university for its employees, as is the case for Federal University of Technology, Akure. Patient care (student and staff) management in FUTA needs fully utilized power of computers in Medicare, whereby network of integrated systems maintaining patient database for the hospital services in the areas of Pathology, Radiology, Medical Research, In-patient Admission and Billing, Medical Stores and Pharmacy are operational. The implementation of the above modules will evolve user-friendly computerized system which are loved and cared by all.