BloodBank PH: A Framework for an Android-based Application for the Facilitation of Blood Services in the Philippines

Blood services are very essential for it can save a person’s life. The absence of a platform to schedule blood donation appointment and to request for blood lead to problems such as lack of knowledge with the process of blood donation and requesting for blood. This study presents a framework for the development of an Android mobile application that will facilitate blood services between blood banks, blood donors and blood requesters. The proposed system will allow blood banks to manage blood drives to encourage more people to donate, view updated reports of the current status of blood services, and manage blood requests as well as blood donations. The proposed mobile application will allow blood donors to conveniently schedule blood donation appointments or participate in blood drives. People who need blood can send a request to the nearest blood bank with an available supply of blood through the proposed mobile application.