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It will include features like automated reminders, integration with existing systems, and compatibility with
rescheduling, and real-time availability of healthcare hardware and software platforms.
providers.
Economic Feasibility: The economic feasibility study
Electronic Medical Records (EMR): The system will capture, analyzes the financial implications of implementing the
store, and manage electronic medical records, including hospital management system. It assesses the costs
diagnoses, treatments, prescriptions, test results, and associated with software development, hardware
progress notes. It will allow authorized healthcare infrastructure, licensing, training, maintenance, and ongoing
professionals to access and update patient records in a support. Additionally, it considers the potential benefits and
secure and efficient manner. return on investment (ROI) that the system can provide,
such as improved efficiency, cost savings, and revenue
Billing and Invoicing: The proposed system will handle generation.
billing and invoicing processes, generating accurate bills,
tracking payments, and managing insurance claims. It will Operational Feasibility: The operational feasibility study
integrate with financial systems to ensure accurate and focuses on evaluating whether the proposed system aligns
timely financial transactions. with the organization's operational processes, workflows,
and objectives. It assesses the impact of the system on daily
Inventory Management: The system will include modules to operations, staff workload, and user acceptance. It also
manage medical supplies, equipment, and pharmaceuticals. considers factors such as the ease of implementation,
It will track inventory levels, generate purchase orders, training requirements, and potential disruptions during the
facilitate stock replenishment, and minimize wastage.
transition.
Reporting and Analytics: The proposed system will provide
Schedule Feasibility: The schedule feasibility study
comprehensive reporting and analytics capabilities,
determines the project's timeline and evaluates if the
generating various reports on patient statistics, financial
proposed system can be implemented within the desired
performance, resource utilization, and other key
timeframe. It considers factors such as project complexity,
performance indicators. It will allow hospital administrators
resource availability, development and testing phases, and
to monitor and optimize operations.
potential dependencies or risks that could impact the project
Security and Access Controls: The system will incorporate schedule.
security measures to protect patient data and ensure VI.
compliance with privacy regulations. This includes user PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Define evaluation criteria: Clearly define the criteria against
authentication, role-based access controls, data encryption,
which you will evaluate the system. This may include factors
audit trails, and regular security updates.
such as functionality, usability, performance, scalability, data
Integration with External Systems: The proposed system will security, user satisfaction, and alignment with project
facilitate integration with existing systems, such as objectives.
laboratory information systems, radiology systems, and Gather feedback from stakeholders: Collect feedback from
pharmacy systems. This integration will allow for seamless various stakeholders, including hospital administrators,
data exchange and interoperability between different doctors, nurses, staff members, and patients. Conduct
departments.
surveys, interviews, or focus groups to understand their
User-Friendly Interface: The system will have a user-friendly experiences, satisfaction levels, and any concerns or
interface that is intuitive and easy to navigate. It will suggestions they may have regarding the system.
prioritize usability, ensuring that healthcare professionals Assess system performance: Evaluate the system's
can quickly adapt to the system and perform their tasks performance based on predefined metrics and key
efficiently.
performance indicators (KPIs). This may include analyzing
The proposed system aims to streamline workflows, response times, system availability, data accuracy, error
enhance patient care, optimize resource utilization, improve rates, and system stability. Compare the actual performance
financial management, and ensure regulatory compliance. It with the defined performance targets.
will serve as a comprehensive tool to centralize and
Review system functionalities: Assess the functionality and
automate various administrative, operational, and clinical features of the system against the defined requirements and
processes within the hospital, ultimately improving the expectations. Evaluate how well the system supports the
overall efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare delivery.
hospital's operations and workflows. Identify any gaps or
V. FEASIBILITY STUDY areas where the system falls short.
The feasibility of the project is analysed in this phase and
Analyse user adoption and satisfaction: Measure the level of
business proposal is put forth with a very general plan for
user adoption and acceptance of the system. Assess user
the project and some cost estimates. During system analysis
satisfaction through surveys or feedback mechanisms.
the feasibility study of the proposed system is to be carried
Identify any challenges or barriers that may hinder user
out. This is to ensure that the proposed system is not a
adoption and address them accordingly.
burden to the company. For feasibility analysis, some
understanding of the major requirements for the system is Review data integrity and security: Evaluate the system's
essential. data integrity and security measures. Assess if patient data is
properly protected, data access controls are in place, and
Technical Feasibility: This involves evaluating whether the data backups are performed regularly. Ensure compliance
proposed system can be developed or implemented using with relevant regulations and standards, such as HIPAA
the available technology infrastructure, resources, and
(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).
expertise. It assesses factors such as system scalability,
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