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MAN6935 IT Value Realisation - Edith Cowan University

Assignment Case Study - St Cuthbert's Healthcare

Part 1: Data collection

You are required to collect data in respect of private hospitals within Australia. Firstly, obtain an understanding of how private hospitals operate: the business context and the key processes.

Research IT systems in private hospitals and select an IT solution that could be implemented at St Cuthbert's. Identify a vendor of the IT solution and establish the solutions the IT vendor provide: functionality of systems, IT architecture, risk and security, costs and benefits, implementation strategy, vendor background information.

It may help you to structure your data collection like this:

The requirements for a private hospital
• What is the business context of St Cuthbert's Healthcare:
• what is the nature of the business market,
• what challenges do they face,
• what constraints are they under,
• what special regulatory, social and ethical circumstances do they operate in?

• What are areas of breakdown or problems in the practice?
• What processes and services do they perform?
• Who are the key stakeholders, their needs and requirements?

IT solution - vendor and solution
• Who is a Vendor offering IT/software solutions?
• What is their background?
• What functions do they offer?
• What is their architecture?
• What equipment do you need?
• What risks are there in implementation?
• What are the costs and benefits of the solutions?
• How will you proceed with the implementation project (roles and responsibilities?)

Part 2: Business Report
Once you have collected the above data, a formal report should be produced with the following structure (or similar):

Cover Page
• title of report, to whom it is addressed, who has written it, date

1. Executive summary
This summarise the total report. It is neither background information nor an introduction. By reading this summary, the executive is given an overview of the how the analysis was done, what was covered, what were the main findings and recommendations, and what are the limitations of the report. This section should be about one-page long.

2. Key Recommendations
There should be 2-4 primary recommendations and a number of secondary recommendations for each of the primary recommendations. They are derived from the analysis that was completed and the connection should be clear.

3. Strategic Context
A brief overview of private healthcare/hospitals and St Cuthbert's Healthcare, the challenges they are facing in the healthcare marketplace and also any operational problems, issues or opportunities.

• The business background to the decision, covering the business environment, the current state of St Cuthbert's Healthcare, the desired future state and actions to bridge the gap.

Attachment:- IT Value Realisation.rar