Software Development for Telehealth at Blood Donation Centers

Abstract:

Firstly, taking into account the increasing number of people with internet access in Brazil, that according to IBOPE, it reached 105 million in the second quarter of 2013. On the other hand, considering the importance of increasing awareness and people's participation in blood donation process, this work aims at developing software to assist in raising blood donors and facilitate the organization of donations and donors in blood banks. A web system was developed whose function is to provide a single regional database of blood donors, providing information about blood donation, improving the start of the donation process, with grounding in national and international standards. Another important aspect is the clarification of the safety and protection of the recipient and the donor, so that the system addresses the principles of information security. The development was done with the .Net platform using C # programming language and the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), coupled with the use of ORM Entity Framework for data persistence. According to the obtained results, it can be concluded that the system assisted in the management of data relating to blood donors in addition to promoting distance learning through the provision of information concerning the standards of knowledge and aspects of telehealth and citizenship.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 736)
• Pages: 196-200
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.736.196
• Online since: March 2015
• Authors: Drielle Caroline de Oliveira, Paulo Henrique Aparecido Rodrigues, Rafael Palma Soares, Flavio Cezar Amate*
• Keywords: Blood Centers, Blood Donation, Blood Stock Levels, Computer System, Teleducation

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