DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ONLINE HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM HARPREET KAUR 1 & DINESH GROVER 2 Assistant Professor, School of Electrical Engineering & IT, PAU, Ludhiana, India 2 Ex-Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, PAU, Ludhiana, India ABSTRACT Computers are finding their way into every business, industry and research activity today. The use of computers is diverse such as entertainment, education, problem solving, research, personal management, etc. In hospitals, the process of maintaining the record of patients and employees working in the hospital, calculating bills, etc., requires processing and record keeping in different departments. Keeping in view a strong need for managing the above information fast and efficiently, Online Hospital MIS has been designed and developed. It is user friendly and provides simple and efficient way for managing the working of hospitals. It has been developed using .NET Framework. The database has been secured as only authorized personnel can modify the data. The database has been designed using Microsoft SQL Server 2000 as the back-end and the application has been developed using ASP.NET 2.0 as front-end. SQL Client data provider has been used to provide database connectivity. The software provides better speed and performance than the traditional hospital management system. KEYWORDS: MIS (Management Information System), .NET Framework, SQL Server, SQL Client, ASP.NET INTRODUCTION Computers have improved the accuracy, speed and reliability of many of the administrative and technical tasks traditionally involved in patient care besides improving the service offered to patients. This has changed the workload of health professionals, allowing them to spend more time on the human aspects of patient care. Management Information Systems (MIS) are information systems, typically computer based, that are used within an organization. An information system is comprised of all the components that collect, manipulate and disseminate data or information. It usually includes hardware, software, people, communication systems such as telephone lines and the data itself. The activities involved include inputting data, processing of data into information, storage of data and information and the production of outputs such as management reports. The introduction of computerized systems in hospitals has changed the working practices. Patient data is stored on computer systems, which can then be used to manage patient lists, appointment bookings and issuing of prescriptions. This is usually faster, more reliable and more accurate than performing these tasks manually. Therefore, computerized systems are money saving and reduce the workload of clerical staff. This project has been developed using Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft SQL Server 2000. The Microsoft .NET Framework is a component of the Microsoft Windows operating system. It provides a large body of pre-coded solutions to common program requirements and manages the execution of programs written specifically for the framework. The pre-coded solutions form the framework's class library. The functions of the class library are used by programmers who combine them with their own code to produce applications. Programs written for the .NET framework execute in a software environment that manages the program's runtime requirements. This runtime environment is known as the Common Language Runtime. Microsoft SQL Server International Journal of Computer Science Engineering and Information Technology Research (IJCSEITR) ISSN 2249-6831 Vol. 3, Issue 2, Jun 2013, 79-88 © TJPRC Pvt. Ltd.