Design and Implementation of Mobile-based Application for Appointments Systems for Vaccinations in Medical Centers

The current patient registration and operating procedure in medical centers are time-consuming and somehow tiresome for patients and their families. Normally, patients have to visit the medical center or hospital to register, they have to bring their medical records, and wait to be called by the medical staff. The situation becomes worse when the patients are kids because they cannot wait for long time and their parents do not have enough time to wait for long time. In view of these problems, several appointment applications are proposed to enhance the registration systems and reduce the waiting time. However, these efforts are still face some drawbacks and limitations. In this paper, we have designed an Android-based mobile application to create appointments with doctors in medical clinics and store the patient’s health records. This mobile application is integrated with an interactive website and a comprehensive database to enable the doctors to handle vaccinations appointment, maintain and retrieve patients’ medical records. The managers also can efficiently create, manage and admin the clinic’s work progress. This mobile application will enhance appointment scheduling and improve the quality of healthcare. In addition, the application can reduce the time and effort consumed to perform the vaccinations appointment process and taking the vaccinations on time.