Kebede, Debritu (2017) Laboratory Information System for Arada Health Center: Using a Design Approach. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
Background: The laboratory information system is a data processing and dissemination system used in the laboratory to deliver accurate and understandable results within a reasonable timescale as requested by physicians. The problem of manual system used in Arada health center makes it difficult to provide efficient and quality health service data and the lack of integration of data, organized test result, different reporting formats and long turnaround time brings about delay of treatment and poor data quality. Objective: The objective of this project is to design and develop laboratory information system for Arada health center. Method: This used a combination of qualitative purposive method and object-oriented system analysis and design methodology with the incremental approach which includes requirement collection, analysis and design phases. The design emphasized the structure and behavior of systems, which interacts different objects or class within the system. Requirement was collected using the following tools (interview and relevant document review techniques). Analysis and design of the proposed system was performed using the Use Case Diagram, Activity Diagrams, Class Diagrams, Deployment Diagram and Persistent Model. Result: Considering the importance of the Laboratory Information System for the health center the researcher has identified the problem of ordering a number of laboratory test papers for the single patient, the long time for data retrieval, transcription error and illegible hand writing that has been encountered while using paper based documentation. After identification of the problem, laboratory information system has been developed and tasted so as to solve the identified problems. Conclusion: The developed system solves the problem of data integration and can capture a number of laboratory test order forms with a single interface used by the physician and the laboratory technician in the exchange of information for ordering laboratory tests and receiving the results back to the physician. This makes the laboratory data to be easily manageable and accessible by health professionals and decision makers. Usability test has been done and discussion was made with users in order to determine functionality, effectiveness and acceptability of the project and almost all of the respondents accepted the prototype. Regarding the functionality, the system produces reliable data and hence avoids the problem that used to occur by the manual system.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > ZA Information resources |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Selom Ghislain |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Oct 2018 12:13 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Oct 2018 12:13 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/5787 |
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