In: Operations Management
Purpose
For many users, the system is the user interface. Everyone wants a system that is easy to learn and use. It is the analyst’s responsibility to ensure that the user interface will be designed in a way to support the user’s interface needs. In this milestone you will explore the guidelines for user interface design. The analyst must consider a variety of interface formats. These include how data gets entered into the system (input design) and how data or information gets presented from the system (output design). This milestone will allow you to explore user interface design principles and apply these to the Universal Wellness Group (UWG) system.
Background
Based on your presentation made to UWG’s partners on the completed milestones so far, they decided to move forward with in-house development of a new business support system.
They liked the idea of a vertical software package, but they want to be able to customize the user interface because UWG’s business functions are more varied. However, it is very important that the new system allow future integration with vertical packages such as electronic health records, computerized provider order entry, and a clinical decision support system.
Using the information you gained in the systems planning and analysis phases of the SDLC, you sit down to begin designing the user interface of the UWG’s business support system. Before you begin, you decide to review the interview summaries, DFDs, and object-oriented diagrams you prepared in Chapters 5 and 6.
Tasks
1. Determine the data required for a new patient. Design an input source document (new patient form) that will be used to capture the patient’s data to enter the new patient information into the system. Use Google Forms, Microsoft Access or another form-designing application to create the screens. If you do not have these available, draw your input screen and attach it as an image to your submission.
2. What control features will you use in the input screens to aid in data entry? Give a specific example of how you will use at least eight different control features in the design of the user interface. Also provide a reason for and justification why the control feature was added to your design.
3. In addition to printed reports, what other output technologies could be used by UWG? Why would you include these additional output technologies?
Format
Task 1)
No template available. You will be creating the form based on your own interpretation of how you would design the form for collecting the data needed from the new patient.
Task 2)
Control Feature |
Example |
Reason for & Justification |
Task 3)
Output Technology |
Why? |
Name |
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Age |
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Sex |
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Address |
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Contac number |
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Height |
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Weight |
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Allergies |
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Blood Group |
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Any specific problem |
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Existing customer |
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Payment Method |
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Need to visit for: |
Task 2)
Control Feature |
Example |
Reason for & Justification |
Age |
23, 78 12 etc. |
Age is an important factor for adding the person in the wellness group database as they can direct many plans and they can provide special supports according to the age group of the patient. |
Sex |
Male or Female |
This is another important control feature because the medical support and treatment changes according to this. |
Height Weight and BMI |
78KG. 130 |
Height and Weight is important because according to that doctor can understand the BMI of the patient and the treatment changes accordingly |
Allergies in drugs |
Sulphur drug |
The medicine need to be chosen accordingly where the allergy drug is not available. |
Previous history |
Any specific issue like had a surgery on Kidney. |
Patient will get special care according to the severity of the previous history and treatment will be done accordingly. |
Blood group |
B+, A- etc |
Some of the blood groups are rare and some of them are easy available. The availability record can be available accordingly if needed. |
Existing Customer |
Yes, No |
Some of the formalities can be avoided if the data is already available. Some special offers also comes to the existing customers. |
Payment method |
Self or Medical coverage |
The amount of money covered is sometimes works as an input to the management that which patient can pay how much for certain health reasons/ surgeries. |