Renal function panel: an information system for results tests management at the Huila department

Abstract

Globally, kidney disease affects about 10% of the population, and in Colombia about four million potential kidney patients. At the present, the information available for prevention and follow-up of patient treatment is insufficient. Consequently, if there is not an adequate prevention, it increases that the renal problems progress to advanced states, which implies higher health costs of the treatments. Therefore, this paper presents the design and implementation of an information system to optimize the process of performing and managing the results of renal profile tests to patients in the hospitals of the Huila department, is based on the HL7-FHIR standard (Health Level 7 - Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources). As a result, a system was designed and implemented using technologies such as Java, MySQL, Java, CSS3, HTML5, among others. Finally, we concluded that the proposed information system can minimize execution times and facilitate the management of the metabolic panel examination by the team of medical assistants when a patient's results have been performed.