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Assignment -

Please answer the following questions thoroughly and concisely. You are permitted to use your text, course PowerPoints, notes from class discussion, and results from course discussions.

1. Calvin Hobbes lives in rural Montana and has been a truck driver all of his life. Despite his physical activity on his farm (he owns a pet tiger as well), a less than ideal lifestyle and acute love of Jack Daniels have finally taken their toll and Calvin is due to have liver transplant surgery very soon. Post-transplant care, medication, and monitoring are vital to the survival of such patients. Calvin's situation is complicated by the fact that he lives a significant distance from a quality care facility. Fortunately, a new home health system has been created for patients like Calvin and it will be installed in his home prior to his arrival after the necessary transplant and hospital recovery. Design a system which will allow Calvin to work with his doctor(s) to monitor and treat his situation. Please adhere to the following guidelines:

a. Be practical. You are not being asked to think up futuristic technology. This system should be something that could be done with current technology.

b. Ignore cost for the moment. Assume that insurance will cover the costs.

c. Do not assume or require that Calvin will be able to avoid all travel for his care.

d. You may assume that secondary or support facilities (e.g., a local clinic) may be involved.

Your design should include the following:

i. A list, description, and justification of the functions that the system should perform.

ii. A list, description, and justification of specific hardware technologies included in the system.

iii. A list, description, and justification of specific software technologies included in the system.

iv. A list, without definition or description, of the data points that need to be collected and transmitted.

v. A list and description of the personnel that will have access to the system.

vi. Provide a high-level system diagram of the in-home components (hardware and software).

vii. Using systems thinking, describe the system from the perspective of input, processing, output, and feedback. Be sure to indicate how we will know that the system is performing as desired and producing the desired outcomes.

2. What are the reasons that companies invest in Information Systems? How do they decide on what type of Information Systems to decide? Use examples.

3. Select one (and only one) of the areas of tele-psychiatry, tele-cardiology, tele-radiology, or tele-rehabilitation. Completely characterize the area from the perspective of the levels below:

• The level of technology.
• The level of technical artifacts.
• The level of generic applications.
• The level of specific applications.

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