Dependable Online Appointment Booking System for Nhis Outpatient in Nigerian Teaching Hospitals

The number of missed appointments in healthcare institutions in Nigeria caused problems, hence the need for integrated healthcare system to intervene and provide seamless care for patients. Appointment scheduling system lies at the intersection of providing efficiency and timely access to health services. This research presents an online National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Outpatient Medical Appointment Booking System where NHIS patients can access and view any available personnel or doctor schedule, in order to book an appointment with the corresponding time as specified by the available doctor. The system was developed using PhP, macromedia dreamweaver, apache and MYSQL. This is to ensure that the application is robust, cheap and is able to run on different platforms. The system provides the platform to facilitate the booking and management of patients' appointment bookings. Patients can also view their appointment reports. It also provides the healthcare workers an easy access to manage patients' appointments and to generate relevant reports.