Digitization and e-Verification of Medical Certificates In Alimosho General Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria

Asorona, Hammed; Ateeq, Muhammad

Abstract

Medical Certificates are legal documents issued by Hospitals to the patient. These certificates will be evidence to their employer, and insurance companies that they are fit to take on employment, and insurance claims of entitlement in Nigeria. Over the years, Alimosho General Hospital has been faced with the challenges of fake medical certificates issued by the hospital which has led to the death of the citizen, racketeering, and diminishing of the hospital's reputation. This paper presents a study that explores the importance of digitizing medical certificates and implementing e-verification systems in the healthcare sector by introducing unique QR codes on each certificate issued by the hospital for instant verification and authenticity of the document. It proposes this by converting hardcopy certificates, generating unique QR codes and establishing secure e-verification using a react-based application to design an interactive webpage that will store medical certificates in, a MySQL database. The certificates will then be used to generate unique QR codes and registered in a Hyperledger Fabric blockchain for e-verification. The paper recommends opportunities for implementing digital certificates and e-verification, along with the challenges encountered.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: International Conference on Advancements in Smart, Secure and Intelligent Computing (ASSIC)
• Start Date: Jan 27, 2024
• End Date: Jan 29, 2024
• Acceptance Date: Dec 2, 2023
• Publication Date: Jan 27, 2024
• Deposit Date: Jun 13, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 13, 2024
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• ISBN: 979-8-3503-7019-5
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/assic60049.2024.10508022