ABSTRACT

This project work entitled Computerized Hospital Billing System using Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) consists of five chapters.

The objective of this study however is a briefly analyze the evaluation of the improved technology of computing hospital billing system (billing) in Idahosa Hospital. And this software has being or is designed to save cost and time, less foe the management of Idahosa Hospital, most especially in areas of where immediate answers are needed to inquire, generation and retrieval of records.

TABLE OF CONTENT

TITLE PAGE i

CERTIFICATION ii

DEDICATION iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv

ABSTRACT v

TABLE OF CONTEXT vi-viii

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION - - - - - -- - - -- -- -- - - -- - - -- -- -- -- - -- -- - - - - - -- - -- - --1

1.0 PREAMBLE - - - - - -- - - -- -- -- - - -- - - -- - -- - - -- --- - - - - -- - - -- - -1

1.1 PURPOSE AND OBJECT AND THE STUDY -- -- - - -- -- - - - - - -- - - --1

1.2 SIGNIFICATION OF STUDY - - - - - -- - - -- -- -- - - -- - - -- -- -- -- -- - - --2

CHAPTER TWO

2.0 COMPUTER APPRECIATION -- - - -- -- --  - -- -- -- -- -- - - -- - - - 3

2.1 HARDWARE -- - - -- -- -- - - -- - - -- -- -- -- -- - - --- - - - - -  - - - - - 3

2.2 SOFTWARE -- - - -- -- -- - - -- - - -- -- -- -- -- - - -- - - - - - -- - -  -4

2.2.0APPLICATION SOFTWARE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  - -4

2.2.1 SYSTEM SOFTWARE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ----4

2.2.2. DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -----5

2.3 HISTORY OF COMPUTER - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -6

2.4 TERMINOLOGY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -7-8

CHAPTER THREE

3.0 SOFTWARE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -9

3.1 ANALYSIS OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM - - - - - - - -- -- - - - - - - - - - -10

3.2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10

3.3 DATA DICTIONARY  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -11-12

3.4 DATA SPECIFICATION - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -12-13

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0 SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -14  4.0.1 MODE OF IMPLEMENTATION - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -14

4.1 CHOICE OF PROGRAMING LANGUAGE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -15

4.2 SYSTEM TESTING/EVALUATION - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0 CONCLUSION - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -17

5.1 PREFERENCES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18