The Develop a Death Certificate Issuance Application at Songklanagarind Hospital Faculty of Medicine Prince of Songkla University

Abstract

           This research aimed to: 1) the develop a death certificate issuance application at Songklanagarind Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University and 2) evaluate the efficiency of the death certificate issuance application. The samples consisted of 30 personnel involved in using this application namely doctors, nurses, forensic officers, and medical record officers. The research instruments were the death certificate issuance application developed by the researcher and the program efficiency assessment form. The content validity of the assessment form was checked by experts and the reliability was tested using Cronbach's alpha coefficient, with reliability values of 0.95. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics including frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation.

           The research results found that the developed death certificate issuance application can be used effectively by recording in the hospital information system, reducing the steps in issuing hospital book numbers, and reducing the recording steps of municipal officers. The death certificate data can be sent directly to the database of the Department of Provincial Administration, this eliminates the requirement of having the recorded data to first go through the hospital to the municipal office and then to the Department of Provincial Administration. As for the results of the evaluation of the efficiency of the death certificate issuance application, in terms of efficiency for use In terms of system, design, service, and implementation, all aspects were at a high level (M=4.18, SD=0.70; M=4.14, SD=0.61; M=4.06, SD=0.67; M=4.20, SD=0.66).