Open AccessA Secured Medical Booking System Using Qr-Code Authentication
Author(s) -
Aderibigbe Ayodeji Azeez,
Aminat Ajibola,
Musa. M. Yahaya
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of scientific research in computer science, engineering and information technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-3307
DOI - 10.32628/cseit195653
Subject(s) - health care , computer science , the internet , pace , authentication (law) , computer security , web application , medical emergency , world wide web , medicine , geodesy , geography , economics , economic growth
In recent times due to the ever-increasing fast pace of life the number of missed appointments in medical institutions in Nigeria has caused problems, hence the need for a web based healthcare platform to intervene and provide seamless care for patients. Medical appointment scheduling, as the starting point of most non-urgent health care services, is undergoing major developments to support active involvement of patients. Medical appointment scheduling system lies at the intersection of providing efficiency and timely access to health services. By using the Internet as a medium, patients are given more freedom in decision making about their preferences for the appointments and have improved access. In this work a Web-based appointment scheduling system is designed to meet the needs under the current health care environment. The security of patients has been taken under consideration, QR code is been used as the e-authentication technique to protect patients’ and hospital information from unauthorized individuals. The system was developed using PHP, QR code authentication technique, VScode environment, apache and MySQL. This is to ensure that the application is robust, cheap, secured and is able to run on different platforms. The system provides the platform to facilitate the booking and management of patients’ appointment bookings. Patients can also view their appointment reports and progress. The system also provides healthcare workers an easy secured access to manage patients’ appointments, medical records and to generate relevant reports.