Abstract:
Prime Care Multi-Specialty Health Systems Inc. offers diagnoses and treatments on diseases in the fields
of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Dermatology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Occupational and Family
Medicine, Ear Eyes Nose and Throat (EENT), Ophthalmology, and Dentistry. It also offers services such
as laboratory, x-ray and ultrasound. Prime Care implements the traditional paper-based system in
processing and keeping records. Important records that Prime Care keeps are patient medical records or
charts, and bills or receipts. The clinic also uses manual methods in making reports necessary in the
operation of the clinic. With this kind of system the clinic encounters problems such as missing papers or
records, difficulty in retrieving a record among thousands of records, difficulty in reproducing records and
difficulty in generating reports. The drawbacks in the current system affect the clinic's daily operations
and quality of service. To address the problems, a clinic management system called the Prime Care
Management System (PCMS) was created for the clinic. Since the system is computer based routines
inside the clinic such as searching for patients' files, printing bills, updating patient charts and the making
of several reports were automated. With the system, the routines were done faster *and more efficiently.
Also, the system was able to provide additional or to enhance aspects such as confidentiality, and
validation or error checking.
