Network of BCH/RCH Healthcare systems

Proposal

Specification for RCH Computer System

Student 's Name

Course Code , Semester , Year

Tutor

9 January 2008

Introduction

Information is a key component to any process . In a hospital setting information is important in the management of patient conditions and the smooth running of operational processes . It is imperative on hospital administration to ensure that the computing system they employ is relevant to the needs of the hospital and is used in an optimal manner to ensure that the information system meets the needs of RCH with

minimal costs

Specifications

Hospitals are characteristic busy areas . The number of transactions and therefore information involved in the operations of a hospital are many and continuously changing . Accuracy and consistency of information are some key considerations that have to be made with regards to data since failure in addressing them could even lead to loss of life . Reliability of the system and a high performance throughput are other parameters that must be considered in the development of RCH 's computer system RCH also provides radiology services that require analysis and intervention thus highly powered processors

From the short summary on the requirements of the hospitals it is clear that RCH must implement a centralized data management system . A database will provide RCH with a solution to all its accessibility and data integrity needs . Privacy can be ensured by the application of database management security protocols (Peterson Davie , 2007 . In RCH , there is a high frequency of communication between different areas of the hospital...