ABSTRACT

 Computerization according to oxford dictionary is defined as the control processes with the use of computers and its peripherals. Today it would be difficult to think of any process, business or action that could not be profited from the numerous benefits of the computer system. Computerization has been greatly applied or used in controlling process that requires frequent action such as drug procurement, drug management, drug tracking and drug distributions in hospital management information system in pharmacy department of hospital. This project is to provide a computer based information management system in a pharmacy department of the University Portharcourt Teaching Hospital Choba by designing a cost effective, user friendly application, incorporating key attributes of data integrity and system security suitable for use in the pharmacy department of the hospital. The manual approach to these routine operations has a lot of problems associated with it, ranging from poor handling of drug data of patients, lack of good storage information system for drugs and drug dispensary and difficulties in retrieving info on drugs and patients record. Pharmacists still use the manual system of operation which can lead to inappropriate drug management errors due to problems of handling voluminous file within a short period of time. This could make data to be easily inaccessible and also delivery of drugs can lead to misplacement of patient's files. The aim of the study is to develop a computerized drug procurement and distribution tracking system. And the objectives is: to order for drugs without mistake of procuring more than required, to know the quantity of drugs remaining, to prevent sales of expire drugs, to ensure accurate keeping of records of drugs,. In the process of the research work Structured System Analysis and Design Methodology (SSADM) was the methodology used. Software Operating system windows 10, XAMP server, Mozilla Firefox/ any other browser, My SQL database server, Apache web server, PHP Admin, Notepad++, Html/css/php. The end results is a computerized drug procurement and distribution tracking system that provides a database for stock taking of drugs procured and dispensed at moment. It will ensure an efficient and standard drug dispensary system and provides a reliable healthcare service which guarantee hospital management and patients of a genuine and safe drugs