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Development of a Mini-OCS System for Voluntary Medical Services in the Challenged Regions


Junghun Park, Dongik Oh, Wonhan Shin, Journal of Internet Computing and Services, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 97-105, Oct. 2018
10.7472/jksii.2018.19.5.97, Full Text:
Keywords: OCS (Order Communication System), Voluntary Medical Service, Patient Prescription, Wireless Communication, Medical ICT Infrastructure

Abstract

In this paper, we present our recent effort on the development of a portable OCS system (SCH-mOCS), which provides minimal but essential functionalities of conventional OCS systems. SCH-mOCS is targeted for the environment where Internet connection is not available and fast processing of essential patient information is needed. The main usage could be found at the outdoor environment, such as voluntary medical services at challenged regions. The target of the first usage of the system is in the rural area of Cambodia where medical service and ICT infrastructure is poor. We have been conducting voluntary medical services for 15 years in Cambodia, where the services usually run for 3 days and include outpatient diagnosis/consultation, medication, and simple surgeries. This medical service started in 2002, where about 20 SoonChunHyang University Bucheon Hospital staffs (doctors, nurses, and pharmacists) participated. We realized that a system like SCH-mOCS is needed: we have to consult many patients in a short period, so that a prompt response and prescription to the patients are very important. However, the conventional OCS system is not suitable, because the service is usually conducted outdoor environment where Internet connected computers cannot be installed. Moreover, since the service needs only a subset of the conventional hospital information system and fast system response, application of a full OCS is not practical. The adequate system is a bare minimal OCS system, with very simple and quickly manageable patient admission, consultation, and prescription functionalities. In this paper, we describe hardware as well as the software aspect of a mini-OCS we have developed for the purpose. We named the system SCH-mOCS (SoonChunHyang mini-OCS). We also describe the usage scenario of SCH-mOCS in order to demonstrate that the system is general enough to apply for other similarly challenged regions.


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[APA Style]
Park, J., Oh, D., & Shin, W. (2018). Development of a Mini-OCS System for Voluntary Medical Services in the Challenged Regions. Journal of Internet Computing and Services, 19(5), 97-105. DOI: 10.7472/jksii.2018.19.5.97.

[IEEE Style]
J. Park, D. Oh, W. Shin, "Development of a Mini-OCS System for Voluntary Medical Services in the Challenged Regions," Journal of Internet Computing and Services, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 97-105, 2018. DOI: 10.7472/jksii.2018.19.5.97.

[ACM Style]
Junghun Park, Dongik Oh, and Wonhan Shin. 2018. Development of a Mini-OCS System for Voluntary Medical Services in the Challenged Regions. Journal of Internet Computing and Services, 19, 5, (2018), 97-105. DOI: 10.7472/jksii.2018.19.5.97.