| dc.description.abstract | This report is made up of six chapters with details of the different stages undertaken during the achievement of the objective of the project. With the current problem of scattered patients’ historical data in different health facilities, the main objective of the project was to ease patient data access and sharing among various health facilities in Uganda, through the implementation of a Smart Card Based Integrated Health Management Information system. With a centralized database, the system gives a central point of access and storage of patients’ data supporting decision making, patients and disease monitoring, disease outbreak projection, controlling misdiagnosis among others. The report also gives results from the fact finding as well as the implementation methods and procedures.
Chapter one introduces the research study explaining the background, problem statement, objectives, scope and significance of the study. It also gives insight of what the research is about, its purpose and explanation on how the designed system solves the issue of scattered patients’ data and history. Chapter two demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the academic literature published and written on related research topics. This chapter also explains the state of the current systems in Uganda, how other countries are approaching the problem of scattered patients’ data. Chapter three explains the various methodologies used in achieving the objectives of the project, how it was designed and executed. The methodologies include data collection methods, data analysis methods, system design methods and the system implementation methods which include the coding, programming languages used and technologies. Chapter four provides detail of the requirements for the intended system. These include functional and non – functional requirements, user requirements, software specifications, hardware and software requirements all obtained from the analysis of the data and findings. It also includes strengths and weaknesses of existing systems. Chapter five demonstrates the steps and results of the system implementation, testing and validation. Details on how the system was implemented are explained, including the technologies used and setup of the Arduino hardware. Furthermore, the functionalities of the system are explained with screenshots of these. Chapter six is the final chapter of the report with the conclusions, recommendations for the system, weaknesses and strengths of the system, the limitations and challenges faced in carrying out the project, and recommendations for the future improvement of the system. | en_US |
