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An Open-Source Hospital Management Information System Initiated by Dr M H B Ariyaratne

Title

Open Source Hospital Management Information System

Description

This is a comprehensive Hospital Information Management System that is knowingly used by more than 40 health care institutions. It has several modules that support most of the workflows of a modern hospital. Most of the differences in the requirements of different hospitals can be achieved through customization. The system has given priority to user-friendliness and speed of the system rather than the fancy decoration of the user interfaces loaded with colours and graphics. It has been tested extensively in production since 2015.

The system is mainly designed using Object Oriented Principles. The system design has always followed well tested and recognized data models like dm+d of NHS, UK. The system design is so robust and optimized so that it can easily accommodate new extensions for emerging requirements.

Java Enterprise Edition is used to develop the web application and RESTful server. The database management system can be selected on preferences of the implementing team, but MySQL or MariaDB is recommended. The technologies used with JavaEE include JSF, JPA and PrimeFaces. The lab middleware is developed with C#. The standalone applications consume RESTful services are developed using JavaSE.

History

Dr M H B Ariyaratne is a medical doctor who developed an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) System for his general practice in 2004 using Microsoft Visual Basic 6 and MS-Access. Doctors who have seen this EMR requested him to give the system for them to use. AS more doctors used the EMR, their requirements were discussed and incorporated into the system systematically. Some of the doctors who were using the EMR were having clinical laboratories, medical channelling centres and hospitals. Then the system was added new modules to cover new requirements. In 2012, a new JavaEE based system was initiated as an Open Source Initiative hosted in GitHub under the MIT license. The students of Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technical Education at Labuduwa, Galle, were allocated during their training for The Higher National Diploma in Information Technology (HNDIT) programme facilitated by Mr Mr.K.M.G.T.R. Waidyarathne, a lecturer from the Department Of Information Technology. Some of the students continued to support the project after their graduation under financial support by Dr M H B Ariyaratne. Commercial support was made available for installations, user training, maintenance, cloud hosting and troubleshooting.

Installation: The installation is very easy for testing. Clone the project using Netbeans and configure a new database. Running the project will lead to an administer page to add an institution, department and a user. Configuration of hardware, operating system and GlassFish are discussed in detail in The Installation Manual.

Usage

The features available to different roles of the users are stated in detail in the User Manual.

Contributing

Dr M H B Ariyaratne - Initiated the Project, Main System Architect

Mr.K.M.G.T.R. Waidyarathne - Project Management

Main Contributors to the Design

  • Dr M H B Ariyaratne
  • Dr Chrishantha Widisinghe
  • Dr Jagath Samarasekara
  • Dr Veditha Banduwardana
  • Dr Gayaman Dissanayake
  • Dr Harsha Meemaduma
  • Dr A T C Kumara
  • Dr Saranathilaka Danthanarayana
  • Dr Bolonghoge Dayanath
  • Dr K M P Keerthi
  • Dr Anura Krishantha

Main Software Developers

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Credits

Our contributors and Open Source Community for their knowledge and time. Healthcare Institutions provided financial supporters are listed below.

  • Galle Cooperative Hospital, Galle, Sri Lanka - 2008 - 2018
  • Ruhunu Hospital, Karapitiya - 2008 - 2019
  • Ruhunu MediHospital, Hambanthota - 2012 Up to date
  • Arogya Hospital, Tangalle - 2014 Up to date
  • Arogya Channelling Centre, Tangalle - 2010 Up to date
  • Arogya Pharmacy, Tangalle - 2015 Up to date
  • St. George Hospital, Biyagama - 2016 Up to date
  • Digasiri Hospital, Puttalama 2015 Up to date
  • Metro Lab, Wadduwa 2018 Up to date
  • Suwasarana Hospital, Ragama - 2016 Up to date
  • Suwani Hospital, Galle - 2015 Up to date
  • Sahana Medicare, Thissamaharamaya - 2012 Up to date
  • Matara Nursing Home, Matara - 2008 - 2010
  • BestLife Medical Centre, Kamburupitiya - 2008 - 2016
  • New Pharmacy, Matara - 2014 Up to date
  • Sri Katha Hospital, Dangedara - 2014 up to date
  • Suwasahana Medical Center, Kataragama - 2015 Up to date
  • Suwana Medical Center, Akuressa - 2015 Up to date
  • New Multi Drugs, Galle - 2015 up to date
  • Matara Pharamcy, Akuressa, 2013 up to date
  • Matara Pharmacy, Deniyaya, 2013 up to date
  • Matara Pharmacy, Urubokka, 2013 - 2015
  • Matara Pharmacy, Galle, 2015 up to date
  • Supipi Medical Centre, Kamburupitiya 2011 up to date
  • Ahangama Medical Centre, Ahangama - 2008 up to date
  • Weligama Medical Center, Weligama - 2009 up to date
  • Osethra Medical Centre, Beliatta - 2010 up to date
  • Isuru Medihouse, Hambanthota - 2014 up to date
  • Ruhunu Medihouse, Ambanlanthota - 2014 up to date
  • Horizon Medical Centre, Deberawewa - 2013 up to date
  • Pubudhu Medical Centre, Hakmana - 2008 - 2014
  • City Lab, Matara - 2013
  • Roseth Hospital, Ambalangoda - 2014 tp to date
  • Richmond Laboratory Services, Galle - 2010 up to date
  • Clinical Laboratory , Boossa - 2010 up to date
  • Baddegama Medical Services, Baddegama - 2014 up to date
  • Sahana Medicare, Thissamaharamaya - 2014 up to date
  • Medray Medical Laboratory, Matara - 2014 up to date
  • Agunukolapelssa Medical Centre, Agunukolapelessa - 2014 up to date
  • Holton Hospital, Walasmulla - 2015 up to date
  • Unawatuna Medical Centre, Unawatuna, Galle 2015 up to date
  • Kegalu Medi Lab, 2014 up to date
  • Raliable Medi Lab, Monaragala - 2016

License

MIT License details are attached as the LICENSE.md