Securing Digitized Campus Clinical Healthcare Delivery System

Abstract

Tele-Clinical Diagnostic System (TCDS) is a robust care delivery system with the capability to enhance healthcare services at remote locations. Characteristically, TCDS can be articulated to improve efficiency, trust, cost effectiveness and enhance practitioners work productivity. In this paper, we present the design, development and qualitative performance evaluation of a Secure Tele-Clinical Diagnostic system for geographically dispersed academic environment in developing country like Nigeria. The system was developed using synergistic application of Advanced Encryption Standard cryptographic technique for medical data confidentiality, Web Real Time communication for clinical Tele-consultation and simplified multi-tier electronic health system. The developed system was evaluated in Federal University of Technology Minna, Healthcare Service Centre using expert’s perceptive qualitative performance evaluation method. The results of the evaluation revealed that the developed system is efficient and effective in delivery of secure clinical healthcare in geographically dispersed tertiary institution healthcare centers and similar institutions in sub-Saharan Africa.