Health Information Management System for a Rural Medical Clinic in Nicaragua

Medical Staff at the rural medical clinic on the island of El Bluff, Nicaragua currently waste countless hours using a manual, paper-and-pen filing system to store medical and health information about the inhabitants on the island. In addition, using paper to store important records poses many threats such as destruction from unanticipated fires or floods. The hospital's method of tracing pharmaceutical records is nearly as inefficient, with only one trained technician to hand record each individual pill which is distributed. To eliminate risks and disorganization surrounding the hospital's current processes, the proposed design offers a multi-faceted solution: a database to more effectively store patient data and keep track of pharmaceutical inventory records and an application allowing the doctors to communicate with the database. Successful implementation of the proposed design should enable the doctors in the hospital to fetch, edit, and store the records of any patient in minimal time via an Android application they access on the tablet system. Using the app, the doctor will be able to fill out forms and other documents previously maintained physically. From a pharmaceutical standpoint, the app will keep track of gains and losses of the hospital's inventory and record patient prescriptions. By creating one system which improves a large number of the medical center's problems, including the reduction of mistakes in data recording and analysis, and will help the health center to be as productive as possible.