Project management Healthcare sytems

HIMT-370

Milestone #8 – Systems Design: User Interface Design

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
1. Name	First and last name field all alpha characters	Is required to ID patient and to bill insurance
2. Date of birth	Required to be all numeric with 2-digit month 2-digit date and 4 digit year	Is used as 2nd identifier for ehr record and to ill payor
3. Submit form	After completion form must be submitted to save	The submit button is not active until all mandatory fields are completed
4. Address	Must include house number or building number with city state and zip	Required to communicate with patient by mail
5. Sex	Identified with F or M	Is mandatory field also used with payors to receive payment
6. Insurance information	Include name, Id number and how and where to submit	This information is gathered to submit claim to payer
7. Emergency contact	Include name and phone number
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Task 3)

Output Technology	Why?
EHR	Storing and gathering patient information
Scanner	To scan any paper docs or information that is provided
Fax machine	Used to fax orders or Rx to other providers or pharmacies
	No/show report Patients that didn’t make it to their appointment, Patients due for follow up or medication refills
Claim and A/R reports	Claims that have been submitted, claims that are denied, claims that have no status change claims that need follow up.