Part A: Hardware and software required for starting a family-friendly club in Kiama
ICT technologies entails infrastructure and components that enable modern day computing [1]. The following reports aims to take a look at how the ICT equipment will be adopted in starting up a family friendly club and restaurant. On the other hand it will also look at how the involvement of various stakeholders in the medical field should be utilized in developing an ICT system for hospitals in Australia.
The family-friendly club in Kiama will need a variety of computer hardware which will facilitate is day-to-day operations. Some of the computer hardware include Central Processing Units (CPUs), monitors, keyboards, battery backup, printer, speaker, external hard drives, scanners, projectors, webcam, microphone, router, network switch, fan, heat sink, power cable, and CMOS battery.
To complement the functionality of the computer hardware devices, computer software will also have to be obtained [2]. The computer software has to be system software and application software. System software that will be used includes Microsoft 10 enterprise and device drivers. Application software includes Office Professional plus suite 2016, media players, antivirus software such as Windows defender and media development software such as Autodesk suite.
Computer hardware such as the CPUs, monitors, keyboards, battery backup, printers, external hard drives, fan, heat sink, power cables, and CMOS battery are very vital in all the operations of the club from registering members, processing receipts, processing payments and processing of brochures. For events and entertainment, this computer hardware will also become necessary but they will have to be supplemented with speakers and the microphone. Using projectors, webcams, and microphone will be of great use for functions and conferences. The network switch and the router will be used in creating a network which will be able to provide internet access to the members during their stay in the club. Moreover, the network will make it possible for the club staff to be able to communicate and share files and folders which will be of importance to the day-to-day running of the facility.
The system software will be used in coordinating the complete system hardware and offer an environment for all the other types of software to work in it [3]. It should be noted that the system software is the most basic type in any computer system which makes it essential for all the other applications, programs, and the whole computer system. The application software will come in handy in helping the staff and other users to perform other tasks as desired. For example, Skype a video chat software will be used in conference rooms and Autodesk suite will be used in designing of print media such as brochures.
Table 1
- New South Wales has the highest number of Acute and psychiatric hospitals.
- New South Wales has the highest number of free-standing day hospital facilities.
- Geographical disparity plays a key role in the variation of hospitals across states [4]. Some of the hospitals are located in areas where there is easy access and the population is quite large. States that have more areas which are impossible to access have fewer hospitals. Moreover, states with small populations have fewer hospitals as the demand is not huge compared to states which have areas with large populations.
- Acute and psychiatric hospital
An acute and psychiatric hospital is a health facility which is licensed to offer both acute and chronic inpatient hospital service [5]. It can be accessed by people in crisis who need safety monitoring and assessment as well as therapy and medication management. The health facility provides a combination of services which include psychiatric and alcohol-drug rehabilitation services. Acute and psychiatric hospitals provide universal screening for substance use disorder for everybody.
Computer Hardware
People admitted are assessed for substance use disorder which will provide a sufficient plan that will provide for initial management and referral [6]. The health facility provides modified medical detox and a brief focused intervention which is aimed at increasing the motivation and appropriate referral to the ongoing treatment in the community.
Table 2
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Figure 1: Trend Analysis
From the figure 1 above, it is evident that all private hospitals have more bed/chairs (34,339) compared to acute and psychiatric hospitals (31,029) and free-standing day hospital facilities (3,310). All private hospitals and acute and psychiatric hospitals have more overnight stay patients (7,294 each) compared to free-standing day hospital facilities (no patient at all). Conversely, all private hospitals have the most number of same-day patient (3,493) compared to acute and psychiatric hospitals (2,273) and free-standing day hospital facilities (1,220). Of the three categories, it can be seen that more females frequent the hospitals compared to the males. In general, more people (both male and female) prefer all private hospitals compared to acute and psychiatric hospitals and free-standing day hospital facilities.
2. Stakeholders who could benefit from this data include the interface, internal and external stakeholders. Interface stakeholders include health visitors, medical staff, social workers, outpatient staff, and physicians.
Internal stakeholders include catering staff, charge nurses, doctors, hospital management, maintenance staff, matrons, medical technicians, nurses, paramedics, and staff nurse.
External stakeholders include carers, civil servants, general practitioners, health and social regulators, health maintenance organizations, health workers, local authority, labor unions, local residents, local service providers, the media, other hospitals, patients, federal government, state government, third-party payers, visitors, and volunteers.
Table 6
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3. Similarly to question 2 Table 2, the stakeholders who stand to benefit from this data are the interface, internal and external stakeholders. Interface stakeholders include health visitors, medical staff, social workers, outpatient staff, and physicians.
Internal stakeholders include catering staff, charge nurses, doctors, hospital management, maintenance staff, matrons, medical technicians, nurses, paramedics, and staff nurse.
External stakeholders include carers, civil servants, general practitioners, health and social regulators, health maintenance organizations, health workers, local authority, labor unions, local residents, local service providers, the media, other hospitals, patients, federal government, state government, third-party payers, visitors, and volunteers.
4. Coming up with an ICT system requires all hands on deck. The system may fail if all deliverables were not what customers’ desire or does not meet the needs of the customer. The success of the system thus depends on the involvement of all key stakeholders [7]. Involving all stakeholders plays a key role since it provides expertise, it reduces and uncovers risks, it increases the success of the system adaptation and it grants project acceptance.
Conclusion
To come up with an ICT system, all the stakeholders have to be consulted. Developing an ICT system goes beyond just the assembly of computer hardware and software. It is vital to determine how the system will be accepted by the various users and customers keeping in mind the acceptability of the system.
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