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Development of radio frequency identification (RFID)-based drug management and monitoring system, case of public hospitals in Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2016-04) Ishabakaki, Prisila
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is the wireless technology which uses radio frequency waves to transfer data for the purpose of automatic identification and tracking the intended objects. Recently, the adoption of Radio frequency technology in health sector has been a field of major interest due to automatic data capturing and processing capability of the technology. RFID consists of reader and tag; the reader is used to capture information stored in tag and transfer it to the enterprise information system. RFID has recently been applied in hospitals to control and track hospital inventories, supply chain management and medication error controlling. However, the process is being done manually; paper-based documentation and records keeping are used. This manual work consumes time and resources which in turn presents difficulties during tracking and auditing. This scenario has therefore caused occurrence of incidences of drug theft and diversion by unfaithful health workers. In lieu of that, a system for management and monitoring the pharmaceutical supplies in hospital environment has been developed, in this study. The research started with review and analysis of the existing system and procedure in hospital pharmacy management and monitoring to exploit potential gap to be fulfilled by the proposed research. Then, the analysis of the problem domain was carried out to identify the system requirements that were used to design and implement RFID based drug monitoring and management system. The developed system was implemented and validated.
Radio Frequency Identification based Drug Management and Monitoring System: A Case of Public Hospitals in Tanzania
((IJCSIS) International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, 2015-08) Ishabakaki, Prisila; Kaijage, Shubi
RFID is an automatic identification technology that enables tracking of people and objects. Recently, the RFID technology has been deployed in hospitals for patient and equipment tracking, surgical equipment monitoring, medication monitoring, and improving health record access in emergency cases. The pharmacy department in public hospitals faces challenges due to manual record keeping and inventory management, which result in theft and diversion of the drugs by unfaithful workers. This work identifies the potentials behind use of the RFID technology in addressing these challenges. The paper focuses on reviewing the current situation at the hospitals to identify loopholes causing these problems and later suggests the solution based on RFID to counteract the challenges. The case study methodology is used where 5 public hospitals in Tanzania were visited to obtain data based on real situation. It was discovered that the drug management and monitoring process is done manually, involves paper based record keeping, manual counting of stock during each staff shifting time, which is hard to track in case of any loss. Therefore, there is need to develop a technological solution to manage the process and secure the drugs.
System Analysis and Design for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) based Hospital Pharmacy Management and Monitoring System: A Case Study of Tanzania Public Hospitals
(Communications on Applied Electronics (CAE), 2015-09) Ishabakaki, Prisila; Kaijage, Shubi
System analysis and Design (SAD) are important steps in system development life cycle where it concerns with the techniques and approaches to develop systems more effectively and efficiently. SAD basically enables a system developer to analyze business processes more efficient and effective by considering real business environments and functions. The requirements are gathered and modeled to ensure the right approach in problem solving. In this paper the system analysis and design for the RFID based hospital pharmacy management and monitoring system the case of Tanzania public hospital is presented. The system aim at counteracting the public hospital pharmacy challenges which includes the manual processing of pharmacy activities, drug diversion and theft. The paper presents the methodologies employed to gather the system requirements, modeling of the requirement using UML and system design.