Development of an administration module for the alert and reminder package of the nursing documentation system HPAD

This document describes the development of a system to extend the functionality of the Alert and Reminder Module (ARM) from the nursing documentation system HPAD. The system introduces features to adapt the ARM to any hospital needs. It provides mechanisms to add, edit and delete the reminder categories of the ARM. In addition, the system offers several customization features. The development of the system required the redesign of the ARM's source code, which was made using the Facade, Strategy, DAO, and the Simple Factory Design Patterns. Also, the tooltip of the ARM was redesigned with the goal to improve the displayed information and the mechanism to attend the reminders. A heuristic evaluation was conducted on the system which helped identify usability problems and make the respective corrections in order to improve the system's usability level.