Design and Development of a Hospital Biometric Data Management System

Abstract

The need to drastically reduce the delay faced by patients before they receive treatment in the University Clinic and the need to reduce the occurrence of medical mistakes due to patient’s misidentification led to this work which aimed at developing a hospital biometric data management system.Java was the programming language of choice and Netbeans was the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) used to design the Graphical User Interphase (GUI) and write codes. For the backend database, MySQL was used for demonstration purposes. The analytical diagrams were drawn using VioletUMLEdit. The Griaule Fingerprint Software Development Kit (SDK) was used to implement the fingerprint capture, enrollment, identification and verification features of the software.The tests and results obtained showed that with this hospital management system, the time taken to retrieve patient’s record has been reduced from several minutes to less than five seconds thereby eliminating the delay experienced by patients during search of their records. The problem of medical mistakes due to patient’s misidentification was also addressed by the biometric feature of the management system.

Healthcare workers’ perceptions and user experiences of biometric technology in the selected healthcare facilities in Zambia

“…Several studies in the literature corroborate the ndings of this research regarding the pivotal role of sensitization, training, infrastructure investment, and continuous improvement in the successful implementation of biometric systems in healthcare settings. For instance, "Effective Implementation of Biometric Systems in Healthcare Facilities" by [34], underscores the necessity of comprehensive user education and training initiatives to maximize the utilization of biometric systems among healthcare staff and patients. The authors emphasize that continuous training programs are crucial for bridging the knowledge gap and facilitating smoother transitions to biometric systems, aligning with the ndings of the current study.…”