Hospital management using smartcard

Smartcard is a mini computer which requires programming to run Smart cards allow data and applications to be securely stored and accessed on the chip and enable secure data exchange. Smart card technology provides high levels of security and privacy protection, making it ideal for handling sensitive information such as identity and personal health information.. It doesn’t contain an interface like display or keyboard, so Smartcard readers are used to read or update the data to/from Smartcard. Smartcard operating system can be divided in to two categories. First kind is based on disk-drive and the other card operating system is java card .The “personal health-card” is encrypted Smartcard with 1k of memory and holds not only the patients name, photo and insurance information, but also medical history ,snapshot, recent treatment data, medication and in some cases the test results. The card helps to check-in patients quickly and accurately. The emergency room triage nurse can use the card for quick access to relevant patient data.SmatrCard is enhanced and secure access to patients health records. The finger print capturing and storage technique helps in entry purpose. The card which will also feature a photo of patient, are embedded and it consist of information of patients like name, address and medical history. The patients enter a PIN or their fingerprint can be matched before the chips data can be accessed. If the card are stolen information can not be stolen. The Smartcard system can be reduce fraud. From the hospital’s perspective, smart cards offer additional value, as they enable effective management and coordination of care from the first responders through the emergency room department and potential transition to inpatient care. A smart card, accessed by a portable reader, can provide vital medical data to a first responder at the scene or en route to the hospital.


The benefits to Hospital's Emergency Department are:.
1. The Emergency Department physician will have detailed medical information on the patient immediately thereby expediting diagnosis and onset of treatment. This will increase efficiency and shorten the time spent with each patient so more patients can be seen quicker.
2. If the patient is unable to answer the Doctor's questions for whatever reason then, with the Health Smart Card, detailed information is still available. This may be life saving such as in an instance of diabetic coma.
3. Insurance billing information is provided for up to two carriers with ID and telephone numbers for certification.


In many hospitals the Smartcard technologies are not used so they have many problems are occurred, the wastage of human resources are the main problem, the paper work for the hospitals are very high due to these situations the Smartcard are used. The smart cards avoided the usage of files and the data’s are secure inside the card. The Smartcard is enable and secure access to patient health records. The finger printing technique helps in entry purpose. The cards, which will also feature a photo of patient, are embedded and it consist of the information’s of the patients like name, address and medical history, The patients are entered PIN before the chips data can be accessed. If the card are lost or stolen, information can not be stolen.