MEDsoft : DISPENSARY AUTOMATION Wiki

MEDsoft is a java based dispensary automation application. It saves, prints, gives statistics of the records of files in a dispensary like prescriptions, certificates etc. It gives suggestions on symptoms while making prescriptions with soundex enabled. It uses JDBC, Lucene, Soundex Algorithm, swing etc. The features of the application are listed below:

1. User can easily create new prescription, certificate of fitness, certificate of illness or receipt from the application.

2. Store all the patient details, tests advised and medicines advised.

3. Search facility which can retrieve data from the database and display in a proper manner. Search can be on the basis of

                 - Patient’s name
                 - Prescription ID
                 - Certificate ID
                 - Chronological search of any day, month or year.

4. A weekly statistics graph is drawn on the home page of the application which plots draw a graph between number of patients and day of week.

5. Auto type-suggest feature is there in the application which helps the user to type more fast and efficiently. This facility is present in writing prescriptions as according to us, prescriptions will take time to be typed by a user who has never learned typing.

6. It will suggest the disease as soon as symptoms are entered into the prescription form. It is done using the mapping of symptoms with disease using lucene. Along with that, to incorporate spell checks, Soundex algorithm is implemented here. This made the suggestions for “stomachache”, “stomach ache” and “stomac ache” same. As search is now based on sound.

7. Printing facility is there in the application. All four types of files can be printed from the application. '“Print Preview”' facility is also there in MEDsoft.

8. Follow-up of patients is facilitated by updating the records of that particular patient whenever the same patient turns up. This facility helps to track the medical records of the person by his/her family doctor.

9. Help File is given to the user for efficient use of the application. It can be accessed by either going to Help>Help or F1.

10. User Friendly environment is formed by making task bar and menu bar.