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Assignment DescriptionYou work for a hospital in the registration and admissions department, and most of your tasks are performed manually. For example, when an individual checks in, you must obtain personal information, details on an individual’s medical background, and hospitalization insurance. You are a strong advocate for information technology and have proposed to IT management that information systems would be beneficial. The hospital has decided to develop and implement an information system that helps to streamline your processes. Since you have extended personal experience with the processes, and you have considerable knowledge of information systems and technology employed by your counterparts at other hospitals, you have been asked to function as the project business analyst. You will work very closely with the IT department’s system analyst. The system analyst has questions regarding the following:	What specifically do you do to complete your tasks?	What are your thoughts about how technology might improve your processes?	What are the challenges and obstacles that would be overcome with the use of an information system?	What are your thoughts about the type of information system that might be employed at your hospital?	Based on your understanding, what components would be required to implement the information system? For example, would you need any special hardware or software?In a 3–5-page Word document, be sure to include the following.	Summarized list of tasks, or processes, to register and to check in a patient.	Benefits of using an information system in support of your day-to-day tasks.	Specifics regarding how the information system would help to overcome the present challenges and obstacles.	The specific type of information system you recommend (support your recommendation).	An outline of all components you see as necessary to implement your recommended information system.	Explain how the new information system would help your organization to reduce the overall cost of health care and to improve the profitability of your hospital.

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Hospital Management System
Table of Contents
I. Summary   ………………………………………………….      2
II.  Benefits …………………………………………………….      3
III. Challenges of Hospital Management System ……………….. 3  
IV. Recommended Information System …………………………. 4
V. Components of recommended Information System …………5
VI. Reduction in overall costs and profitability ………………….6
VII. References ………………………………………………………6
                                                             
Hospital Management System
Summary
The Information system can be used for Online Appointments and to record clinical visits by patients. It is used for online consultation. It records reasons for their appointment. The appointments are keyed in by Admin staff or by the user. It maintains Health Provider profiles and their consultation timings.
Appointments can be made through Web or mobile App. Appointments can be made for either clinic visits or online consultations. The patients can book online for consultations while viewing available health provider profiles and consultation Timings. They can also list the reason for their appointment and update their Personal Health Records.
The appointment schedule for the whole practice or selectively for specific health providers can be viewed in a calendar or list view.
Appointments can be confirmed, canceled or rescheduled. This will be altered to the user and the status can be viewed in different colors in your appointment calendar.
Patients receive SMS / Email / Push Notification reminders about upcoming appointments to ensure better time management.
Medical history of patients can be viewed with a simple search to review their health records prior to the appointment.
The patients name , height , weight , BMI can be recorded. Appointment time can be recorded. Status such as New / Awaiting Response can be recorded. Doctor’s Name can be recorded. Appointments in Hospital / Clinic can be recorded. Date of Appointment can be recorded. The Rescheduled date and time can be recorded.
Consultation Notes , Prescriptions and Billing can be recorded.
Consultation notes of patients can be shared.

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