In most developing countries, provision of basic preventive, promotive and
curative services is a major concern of the Government. With growing population
and advancement in the medical technology and increasing expectation of the
people especially for quality curative care, it has now become imperative to
provide quality health care services through the established institutions. In public
Sector 15,393 allopathic hospitals (Health Information of India 2003) are
functioning. In the rural areas, the secondary level care is being provided through
3222 CHCs (Bulletin on Rural Health Statistics in India 2005) with 30 beds each
with specialist services of physicians, pediatricians, O & G specialists, and
surgeons being made available.
However, these services have not been successful in gaining the faith and
confidence of the people because of lack of specialists, facilities and accountability,
along with the paucity of resources and non-involvement of the community.
Hospital Management System is a simple yet effective management structure. This
system acts for the hospitals to manage the affairs of the hospital.
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HMS is free to prescribe, generate and use the functioning and maintaining the
quality of services.
1.1 PROBLEM DEFINITION
This project is aimed to automate the hospital management system. This
project is developed mainly to administrate doctor's appointment with the patients.
The purpose of the project entitled as HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM is to
computerize the Front Office Management of Hospital to develop software which
is user friendly, simple, fast, and cost – effective. It deals with the collection of
patient’s information, diagnosis details, etc. Traditionally, it was done manually.
The main function of the system is to register and store patient details and doctor
details and retrieve these details as and when required, and also to manipulate these
details meaningfully.
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NEED
1.Efficiently maintains the details about the patient
2.Simultaneously updates changes made to any data, item in the entire data base.
3. It is faster than manual system
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The goal of any system development is to develop and implement the system
cost effectively; user-friendly and most suited to the user’s analysis is the heart of
the process.
This function of Hospital Management Information System deals with
registering the new Patient either for OPD or IPD and giving unique Identification
Number to the Patient. This number is unique throughout the System for
identifying the patient.
Analysis is the study of the various operations performed by the system and
their relationship within and outside of the system. During analysis, data collected
on the files, decision points and transactions handled by the present system.
Different kinds of tools are used in analysis of which interview is a common one.
The patient can be registered at Reception. Patient identification number is
also created for each separate visit of the patient. This is also a part of registering
patient. ID is used for tracking of medical records of the patient for that particular
OPD visit or IPD admission. All the medical record of the patient are identified by
combination of numbers i.e. Patient ID. The numbers gives flexible search in terms
of finding patient's History Record.
1.2 REQUIREMENT OF PROPOSED SYSTEM
The first step in system development life cycle is the identification of need
of change to improve or enhance an existing system. An initial investigation on
existing system was carried out. The present system of hospital is completely
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manual. Many problems were identified during the initial study of the existing
system. To develop this software detailed study is made at local hospital. Based on
the information collected it is decided to maintain the basic information about
doctors and patients.
PATIENT REGISTRATION
SLOT DETAILS
The working time for doctors is scheduled as follows.
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Each patient will consult the doctor based on the appointment. If the doctor is free
on his/her duty time, the outpatient can consult the doctor after the spot
appointments are made.
APPOINTMENT
Appointments for patients may be made at the reception. New patients are
informed to fill the registration form and pay registration fees. Then the patient id
is generated and issued to the patient for further use.
The appointment may be fixed by verifying doctor's and their free slots available,
then the appointment will be confirmed. Otherwise the dates or slots may be asked
to change for the patients.
1.3 SYSEM ANALYSIS
System analysis is a detailed study of the various operations performed by a
system and their relationships within and outside of the system. Here the key
question is – What all problems exist in the present system? What must be done to
solve the problem? Analysis begins when a user or manager begins a study of the
program using existing system. During analysis, data collected on the various files,
decision points and transactions handled by the present system.
The commonly used tools in the system are Data Flow Diagram, interviews,
etc. training, experience and common sense are required for collection of relevant
information needed to develop the system. The success of the system depends
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largely on how clearly the problem is defined, thoroughly investigated and properly
carried out through the choice of solution.
A good analysis model should provide not only the mechanisms of problem
understanding but also the framework of the solution. Then the proposed system
should be analyzed thoroughly in accordance with the needs.
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•System analysis can be categorized into four parts.
•System planning and initial investigation
•Information gathering
•Applying analysis tools for structured analysis
•Feasibility study
•Cost/benefit analysis
The doctor's appointment with various slots for patient is created and
maintained by system. The appointments can be altered at any time before an hour
of the actual appointment schedule. The doctors and patients details must be
registered to create the appointments.
1.4 PROPOSED SYSTEM
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The drawback of the existing system is that it is very difficult to retrieve data
from case files. It is difficult to handle the whole system manually and it is less
accurate and to keep the data in case files for future reference because it may get
destroyed. Moreover it is very difficult to retrieve data. Redundancy of data may
occur and this may lead to the inconsistency. The manual system is so
timeconsuming.
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The proposed system is very easy to operate. Speed and accuracy are the
main advantages of proposed system. There is no redundancy of data. The data are
stored in the computer’s secondary memories like hard disk, etc. it can be easily
receive and used at any time. The proposed system will easily handle all the data
and the work done by the existing systems. The proposed systems eliminate the
drawbacks of the existing system to a great extent and it provides tight security to
data.
Chapter 2
PROCESS DESCRIPTION
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2.1 DOCTOR MODULE
Process Name : Doctor list
Process Number : 1.1
Input : Doctor Number – Select from List
Output : Status Message
Error Condition : Records Not Found – if no records in database
Process Name : Add Doctor
Process Number : 1.2
Input : Name
: Specialization
Output : Status Message
: Doctor Number (ID)
Error Condition : Name Can’t be Empty
: Specialization Can’t be Empty
Process Name : Delete Doctor
Process Number : 1.3
Input : Doctor Number (ID)
Output : Status Message
Error Condition : None
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Process Name : Modify Doctor
Process Number : 1.4
Input : Doctor Number (ID)
: Name
: Specialization
Output : Status Message
Error Condition : Name Can’t be Empty
: Specialization Can’t be Empty
Process Name : Undelete Doctor
Process Number : 1.5
Input : Doctor Number (ID)
Output : Status Message
Error Condition : None
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2.2 PATIENT MODULE
Process Name : Patient list
Process Number : 2.1
Input : Patient Number – Select from List
Output : Status Message
Error Condition : Records Not Found – if no records in database
Process Name : Add Patient
Process Number : 2.2
Input : Name
: Sex
: Address
Output : Status Message
: Patient Number (ID)
Error Condition : Name Can’t be Empty
: Address Can’t be Empty
Process Name : Delete Patient
Process Number : 2.3
Input : Patient Number (ID)
Output : Status Message
Error Condition : None
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Process Name : Modify Patient
Process Number : 2.4
Input : Patient Number (ID)
: Name
: Sex
: Address
Output : Status Message
Error Condition : Name Can’t be Empty
: Address Can’t be Empty
Process Name : Undelete Patient
Process Number : 1.5
Input : Patient Number (ID)
Output : Status Message
Error Condition : None
2.3 APPOINTMENT MODULE
Process Name : Appointment List
Process Number : 3.1
Input : Doctor Number
Output : Appointment with Patient Details
Error Condition : Records Not Found – if no records in database
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Process Name : Add Appointment
Process Number : 3.2
Input : Doctor Number
: Patient Number
: Slot Schedule
Output : Status Message
: Appointment Number (ID)
Error Condition : None
Process Name : Delete Appointment
Process Number : 3.3
Input : Appointment Number (ID)
Output : Status Message
Error Condition : None
Process Name : Modify Appointment
Process Number : 2.4
Input : Appointment Number (ID)
: Doctor – Select from List
: Patient – Select from List
: Slot – Select from List
Output : Status Message
Error Condition : None
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Process Name : Undelete Patient
Process Number : 3.5
Input : Appointment Number (ID)
Output : Status Message
Error Condition : None
Chapter 3
PROGRAM DESIGN
3.1 DOCTOR MODULE
LIST OF DOCTOR RECORDS
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INSERTION OF NEW DOCTOR RECORD
RECORD CREATION
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STATUS MESSAGE
UPDATED LIST AFTER INSERTION OF NEW RECORD
MODIFICATION OF EXISTING RECORDS
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STATUS MESSAGE
UPDATED LIST AFTER MODIFICATION
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DELETE SELECTED DOCTOR
UPDAED LIST AFTER DELETION
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3.2 PATIENT MODULE
REGISTERED PATIENTS
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NEW PATIENT DETAILS
MODIFICATION OF EXISTING PATIENT RECORD
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DELETION OF EXISTING PATIENT RECORD
3.3 APPOINTMENT MODULE
APPOINTMENT DETAILS
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CREATE NEW APPOINTMENT
STATUS MESSAGE
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MODIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT
STATUS MESSAGE
CANCEL THE APPOINTMENT
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Chapter 4
DATABASE DESIGN
DATABASE: HOSPITAL
TABLE: APPOINTMENT (APPT)
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TABLE: DOCTOR (DOCT)
TABLE: PATIENT
TABLE: SLOT
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Chapter 5
CONCLUSION
The HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM is a great improvement over
the manual system using case fields and paper. The computerization of the system
has sped up the process. In the current system, the front office managing is very
slow. The hospital managing system was thoroughly checked and tested with
dummy data and thus is found to be very reliable.
ADVANTAGES
•It is fast, efficient and reliable
•Avoids data redundancy and inconsistency
•Web-based
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•Number of personnel required is considerably less
•Provides more security and integrity to data
FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS
The proposed system is Hospital Management System. We can enhance this
system by including more facilities like billing system, inpatient room allotment for
the admitted patients and the stock details of medicines in the pharmacy. Providing
such features enable the users to include more comments into the system.
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