Case Study
Real Time Monitoring System For Healthcare Service Provider Proj ect s D e s c rip tio n T h e A u dim (A UDit to IMprov e) appl i cati on was de ve l o p e d fo r a H e a l th c a re S e r vi c e Pro vi d e r b a se d o n U K . Au dim is a r e al t i me mo nitor ing s y s tem, to be us ed by the U K N a ti o n a l H e a l th S e r vi c e (h o sp i ta l s a n d m e d i c a l i n s t it u t e s f or ins p e ct i on). A UDIM a ppl i cati on contai ns mai nl y two p a n e l s, We b Pa n e l a s w e l l a s M o b i l e Pa n e l . T h e m ain a im is t o u s e PDA s (mo b ile d evi ces ) to m oni tor & i ns pect va ri o u s a sp e c ts o f h o sp i ta l s w i th th e u se o f so m e sc h e d u le r a s we ll a s Q u e s tio nna ir es. Data i s gathered v i a P DAs, wh i c h i s th e n syn c h ro n i z e d w i th th e c e n tra l d a ta b a se. T h e da t a on t h i s d at ab a se is used to generate reports whi ch a re b e i n g u se d b y th e m a n a g e m e n t o f th e h o sp i ta l . T h e s e r e por t s ind i ca t e w hether p er for mance targets are bei ng m e t. When t h e system g a thers data v i a the P DA, i f a fa i l u re i s fo u n d a “ ta sk ” i s c re a te d a n d a ssi g n e d to c o n c e r n e d pe ople. T h i s ensur es tha t so meone m us t fi x the fai l ure. Th i s i s m a n a g e d b y C a l e n d a ri n g a n d A c ti o n Pl a n s. I n s u m ma r y: one c a n al way s ens ure s om ethi ng i s w o rk i n g p ro p e rl y i f o n e te sts i t re g u l a rl y. I f o n e d o e s th e s e r e gu la r t e s t s, and if the test m eets certai n s tandards, th e n th i n g s a re b e i n g m a n a g e d p ro p e rl y. T h i s h e l p s to e n s u r e good “Go v e r na nc e”.
Objectives T h e P r o je c t O b je c tives wer e: 1 .
To eva lua te bes t s ol uti on for Hos pi tal s to mo n i to r/ i n sp e c t va ri o u s a sp e c ts o f th e h o sp i ta l s.
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Gener a te the vari ous reports wi th accurate d a ta th a t w i l l b e u se d b y m a n a g e m e n t to m a p th e p e rf or ma n c e of t he Ho spita l.
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Pr o vid e a S c hedul er to check v ari ous fai l s fo r th e p a rti c u l a r L o c a ti o n b a se d o n va ri o u s S e r vi c e s.
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U s e Mic r o soft . Net Com pact Framework & C # . N e t fo r fro n te n d a n d M S S Q L L i g h t ve rsi o n fo r th e da t a ba s e in P D A A p p lic a tion.
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Pr o vid e a so luti on to manage thei r Gov er nan c e re l a te d d o c u m e n ts (sm a l l C M S l i k e m o d u l e ).
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Key Challenge 1 .
After ta k ing a n Audi t, creati ng a Tas k on P D A , d a ta sh o u l d b e syn c h ro n i z e d w i th c e n tra l d a ta b a se wit h t h e u s e o f Web S er vic e.
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Sync hr o niza tion s houl d be com pl eted i n m i n i m a l ti m e.
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G e ner a te d a ta s um m ar y reports bas ed on t h e a n sw e rs g i ve n i n A u d i ts a n d th a t sh o u l d b e w i th c o r r e c t da t a .
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G e ner a te PDF for al l the data s um m ar y rep o rts.
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M a na ge User Rol es and Per mi s s i ons on the We b Pa n e l .
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Auto ma tic PDA Appl i cati on Vers i on Updater.
Project Approach / Activities T h e Pr ojec t w a s divided i nto v ari ous phas es to ac h i e ve th e b e st re su l ts i n l e ss ti m e w i th o p ti m a l u ti l i z a t ion of av ai l a b l e .Net fea tur es, capabi l i ti es and new enha n c e m e n ts. 1.
P h ase I: Und er standi ng Requi rem ents of an a p p l i c a ti o n , a rc h i te c tu re d e si g n a n d d a ta b a se d e si g n . R e v ie w r is k p oints o f a p p licati on.
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P h ase II: Cr ea ted a web admi n panel to pe rfo r m va ri o u s a d m i n i stra ti ve fu n c ti o n a l i ti e s.
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P h ase III: Cr eated data entr y pages, whi c h a l l o w s u se r to ta k e A u d i ts, c re a te a Ta sk s, M a n a g e Ta s k s v ia s cheduling functi onal i ty.
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P h ase IV: Cr ea ted m odul e to s y nchroni ze th e PD A d a ta to c e n tra l d a ta b a se se r ve r u si n g We b S e r v ic e.
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P h ase V: Cr ea t ed Reports modul es to gene ra te d a ta su m m a r y re p o rts w i th a c c u ra te d a ta .
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P h ase V I: Cr ea ted Per mi s s i on modul e to ch e c k u se r ’s R o l e s a n d R i g h ts.
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P h ase V II: Cr eated P DA autom ati c updater a p p l i c a ti o n to u p d a te th e PD A a p p l i c a ti o n ve rsi o n o n t h e c lie n t ’s PDA
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Technology D ev el o p m e n t Pla t for m Te c h n olog y Tec h n ology & Fr a mework D at ab a se We b S e r ver /Hosting P l atfor m L ang ua ges Op er at i ng S ystem
S pec if ic a t ions C # , VB. N e t, . N e t fra m e w o rk 3 . 5 , S Q L S e r ve r 2 0 0 5 C o m p a c t E d i ti o n o r a n y fl a t fi l e fo r ma t PD A D e vi c e A S P . N e t, C # , VB. N e t W i n d o w s XP S P 2 , W i n d o w s 7
D ep l o ym e n t Pla t for m Te c h n olog y Tec h n ology & Fr a mework D at ab a se We b S e r ver /Hosting P l atfor m Op er at i ng S ystem
S pec if ic a t ions . N e t fra m e w o rk 3 . 5 S Q L S e r ve r 2 0 0 5 C o m p a c t E d i ti o n o r a n y fl a t fi l e fo r ma t PD A D e vi c e W i n d o w s M o b i l e O p e ra ti n g S yste m Ve rsi o n
Results A U DIM a p p lic a tion is l i v e i n us e and runni ng s u c c e ssfu l l y a n d p ro d u c ti ve l y. I t i s c u rre n tl y b e i n g u se d by 1 0 U K b as e d Hosp ita ls to moni tor/i ns pect v ari ous as pec ts o f th e i r h o sp i ta l s a n d th e y a re ve r y g l a d w i th fu n c ti on a lit ie s a n d p e r f o r ma nc e o f the a ppl i cati on.
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