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What is Systems Design?
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Systems Design is the process of doing a fit-gap analysis and creating a solution (with technical documents, blueprints and process documentation) to take the current state to the desired future state. It determines HOW a solution will be built to satisfy requirements.
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It is the "How" in the process on SDLC, as compared to the Systems Analysis phase which is the "Why".
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What phase of the SDLC is Systems Design?
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Second phase of SDLC.
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Does Systems Design consider build vs buy decisions?
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Yes, that is one of the main focuses of systems design, as it determines "How" to approach providing a solution, either by building it or rather by purchasing it.
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What are some goals of Systems Design?
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1. Make technical specifications
2. Choose Build or Buy 3. Ensure solution meets business needs 4. Minimize compatibility/integration issues. 5. Develop RFI/RFP if needed. 6. Identify dependent subsystems. 7. Design data management practices. 8. Ensuring user acceptance through training and education |
Item 8 is really not part of this, but rather systems implementation, training, testing phases in SDLC.
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Who is part of the systems design team?
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Systems Analysts **
Systems Developers Design Leads End-Users ** RFP Committee ** Trainers Project Managers Legal Purchasing Domain Experts |
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Who does the design team primarily interact with?
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1. End-Users
2. Systems Analysts 3. RFP Committee (if choosing to buy solution) |
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What are the Deliverables and Tools of the systems design phase?
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1. Technical specification documents
2. Systems design document 3. Security risk assessment 4. Conversion and Integration plan 5. Training Plan 6. Tools: Prototypes and mock-ups |
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What is the Technical Specifications Document?
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It is a direct translation of users functional requirements in to technical requirements.
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It employs the use of hardware, software, networking and sub-system components to design a solution to meet customer needs/requirements.
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What is the Systems Design Document?
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It describes:
Inputs Outputs Data specifications Programming specifications And has flow charts to describe processes, data, activities by users. |
It primarily deals with internal development of the solution.
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What is the Security Risk Assessment?
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It defines the security setup for networking and exchanging data from one system to another.
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This is really part of Security and Privacy Analysis.
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What is the Conversion and Integration Plan?
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It contains software, hardware and networking compatibility information of the solution with existing systems and sub-systems within the organization.
It also contains info about an Interfaces. |
This is done to ensure the solution will communicate well with other existing systems in the organization.
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What is a Training Plan?
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It determines how to and what to train the end-users and super-users on.
How training will be carried out, such schemes as train the trainer, big training sessions, self-study training, etc are contained in this document. |
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What are Prototypes and Mock-Ups?
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Creating a prototype or mock-up of the solution to demonstrate what the solution will look and feel like.
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This does not mean implementing all requirements, just enough to get an idea of what it will be like.
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What primary Tool or Diagramming technique is used in Systems Design phase?
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UML - Unified Modeling Language is used to create diagrams, flowcharts, etc to describe the system.
UML is a way to translate functional requirements from the Systems Analysis phase in to technical documentation in the Systems Design phase. |
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What is the definition of a Business Process?
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It is a series of tasks to solve one problem.
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What are Operational Processes in healthcare?
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Activities delivering patient care.
(...ultimately translating into the revenue stream). |
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What are Supporting Processes?
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Tasks which support Operational Processes.
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What must be done with the Business Needs gathered from users?
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Analysts should translate them into Functional Requirements. Eventually that leads to technical specifications for a new system to be created or purchased.
Business Needs (from customer) -> Functional Requirements -> Technical Specifications |
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What is important about System Integration and Compatiblity?
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To make sure the proposed system can communicate with existing systems. The software, hardware, networking, data exchange formats provided by new system should be compatible with existing systems.
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Is HL7 a protocol or data format?
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It is a protocol.
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IS LOINC a protocol or data format?
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It is a data format.
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Is ICD-9 or ICD-10 a protocol or data format?
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It is a data format.
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Is CCR (Continuity of Care Record) a protocol or data format?
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It is a data format.
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Is DICOM a protocol or data format?
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It is a protocol.
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Is XML a protocol or data format?
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It is a protocol.
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Is SNOMED a data format or protocol?
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It is a format.
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What does HL7 stand for?
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Health Level 7
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What does IHE stand for and what is it?
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IHE = Integrating the Healthcare Environment.
It is an initiative to create standards and advance interoperability between healthcare IT systems. |
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What are the 3 broad areas of compliance as they relate to Healthcare IT?
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1. Healthcare industry compliance
2. Regulatory agency compliance 3. Organizational (self) compliance |
There really is no difference between 1 and 3. Stupid.
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What does EUDPD stand for and what is it?
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European Union Data Privacy Directive.
It is similar to HIPAA rules. |
It was formally known as the "Directive 95/46/EC"
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What does HIPAA stand for and what is it?
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It sets limits on clinical data, how is stored or communicated and with whom it is shared with.
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What is an RFQ?
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Request for Quote, which contains basic cost data from the vendor to the requesting organization.
RFI -> RFQ -> RFP |
It is a relatively basic document used before getting to the RFP stage of systems acquisition.
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What is TCO?
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Total Cost of Ownership. It explains to the purchasing organization how much it will cost to own a certain system.
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This is presented in the Request for Proposal (RFP).
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Should the RFP have questions setup for binary answers or narrative answers?
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Binary answers, so that they can be easily scored and answers can be compared between vendors quickly.
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What does RHIO stand for and what is it?
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Regional Health Information Organization and it allows physicians/clinicians from several different organizations to access data from other organizations.
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What is a DRP and what is it?
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Disaster Recovery Plan, which describes in detail how data access will be restored after a disaster.
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