Tele-health Monitoring System Design

This assignment details the design of a tele-health monitoring system focused on leveraging Big Data and data analytics tools to analyze patient health information. The system aims to address issues like long waiting times at healthcare centers, information loss in manual systems, and improve overall chronic disease management. It will integrate records management tools for efficient patient data handling.

Tele-Health Monitoring System
Project Proposal
10/9/2017

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Table of Contents
Introduction and Background......................................................................................................................3
Concerned Stakeholders..........................................................................................................................3
Problems Addressed................................................................................................................................3
Importance of the Project........................................................................................................................3
Benefits to the Stakeholder......................................................................................................................4
Relation to Previous Work and Existing Knowledge...............................................................................4
Aims & Objectives......................................................................................................................................4
Project Deliverables.................................................................................................................................5
Project Method and Work plan....................................................................................................................5
Project Phases, Milestones, Deliverables and Resources.........................................................................5
Project Schedule and Gantt chart.............................................................................................................8
Project Technologies...............................................................................................................................9
Information Ethics and Data Protection.......................................................................................................9
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................10
References.................................................................................................................................................11
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Introduction and Background
Tele-health monitoring system is a project that will provide the users with the ability to manage
their health information and condition in a remote manner. There are various technologies and
equipment that will be integrated in the system for the monitoring of health data and records. The
report is a project proposal diagram covering the necessary details of the system along with the
information on the project schedule, stakeholders, technologies and resources along with the
ethical aspect of the project.
Concerned Stakeholders
There will be many internal and external stakeholders that will be associated with the tele-health
monitoring system.
The internal stakeholders will include the resources of the project team comprising of the Project
Manager, development and design team, testers, integration and network engineers along with
the support staff. Project sponsor will also come under the list of the internal stakeholders
(Healthit, 2012).
The external stakeholders would include the members of the medical team, patients and the end-
users.
Problems Addressed
There are various problems that the patients face in terms of the visits to the health centres and
the long waiting time upon reaching. There are also cases of information loss and replication that
are witnessed with the use of manual systems in healthcare systems.
The tele-health monitoring system will ensure that the problems that are stated above are
overcome (Majumder, Mondal and Deen, 2017).
Importance of the Project
The project is important because of the capabilities and benefits that are associated with the
project. The project will streamline the activities that are carried out in association with the
healthcare activities and operations.
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It is necessary for the business units and organizations to make sure that they follow and adapt
latest technologies in their architecture and infrastructure. The use of tele-health monitoring
system will provide competitive advantage so that the reputation of the organization in the
market along with the revenues that are earned by the organization is enhanced (Pawar, 2014).
Benefits to the Stakeholder
There will be many benefits that will be provided by the project to the internal as well as external
stakeholders.
 The tele-health monitoring system will enhance the processing and the quality of the
health services that will be provided which would improve the health conditions of the
patients.
 The medical team will also gain advantage as their reputation will improve in the medical
fraternity (Sctt, 2011).
 The credit of the success of the system will go to the project team and resources which
would lead to the improvement of their professional development and growth.
 The project sponsor will experience improved revenues and growth along with the
competitive advantage to the organization.
Relation to Previous Work and Existing Knowledge
The proposed project is based upon the health practices that are currently followed in the health
care organizations. The features and qualities that will be implemented in the tele-health
monitoring system are also based upon the data and information present in the legacy systems.
The existing set of operations would aid in the understanding of the requirements and
specifications of the system (Mhcc, 2016).
Aims & Objectives
The aim of the project is to deliver a functional tele-health monitoring system with the identified
functional and non-functional requirements.
The following objectives will be met by the project:
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 Successful development and deployment of the tele-health monitoring system so that it
may be used by the patients and members of the medical team.
 Maintenance and support of the tele-health monitoring system so that the operations are
correctly executed (Aha, 2015).
 Completion of the activities of tele-health monitoring system within the budget and
schedule that is estimated for the project.
Project Deliverables
The following deliverables are associated with the project:
 Project Proposal and Charter: The document will cover the details and highlights of the
project with its justification and feasibility study.
 Project Plan: The specific project estimates along with the project approach and
methodology will be covered in the document.
 Design of the Tele-health Monitoring System: The design will include the screen designs
and the design diagrams to allow the understanding of the system details and behavior.
 Source code: The code of the tele-health monitoring system shall be delivered in the
execution phase (Rcn, 2013).
 Test Plan: The plan would include the testing activities, test methodology, test cases and
the process of test execution.
 Closure Report: This would cover the project acceptance and sign offs along with the set
of activities that will be covered in the project.
Project Method and Work plan
Project Phases, Milestones, Deliverables and Resources
Project Phases and Activities Duration Start Finish Predecessor
s Resource Names
Tele-Health Monitoring System 180 days Mon
10/9/17
Fri
6/15/18
Startup 22 days Mon
10/9/17
Tue
11/7/17
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Project Proposal and
Highlights 3 days Mon
10/9/17
Wed
10/11/17
Business Expert,
Project Manager
Feasibility Analysis 4 days Thu
10/12/17
Tue
10/17/17 3 Business Expert,
Project Manager
Checking of the results of
the analysis 4 days Wed
10/18/17
Mon
10/23/17 4 Business Expert,
Project Manager
Analysis of project factors 4 days Tue
10/24/17
Fri
10/27/17 5 Project Manager,
Business Expert
Chartering and submission 2 days Mon
11/6/17
Tue
11/7/17 6 Project Manager
Milestone One: Project
Proposal and Charter 0 days Tue
11/7/17
Tue
11/7/17 7
Project Planning &
Requirements Analysis 36 days Wed
11/8/17
Wed
12/27/17
Requirements Study and
Analysis 5 days Wed
11/8/17
Tue
11/14/17 7 Data Analyst
Project Estimations 8 days Wed
11/15/17
Fri
11/24/17 10
Business Expert,
Project Manager,
Data Analyst
Analysis of project risks
and issues 5 days Mon
11/27/17
Fri
12/1/17 11 Project Manager,
Business Expert
Selection and allocation of
project team 5 days Mon
12/4/17
Fri
12/8/17 12 Finance Officer,
Project Manager
Communication
methodology and guidelines 4 days Mon
12/11/17
Thu
12/14/17 13 Business Expert,
Project Manager
Meeting Schedule and
Guidelines 4 days Fri
12/15/17
Wed
12/20/17 14 Project Manager
Planning and Submission of
the Deliverable 5 days Thu
12/21/17
Wed
12/27/17 15 Project Manager
Milestone Two: Project 0 days Wed Wed 16
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Plan 12/27/17 12/27/17
System Development 65 days Thu
12/28/17
Wed
3/28/18
Screen Designs and
Behavior Analysis 12 days Thu
12/28/17
Fri
1/12/18 17
System Designer,
Implementation
Engineer
Use case Modeling 6 days Mon
1/15/18
Mon
1/22/18 19 Project Manager
Database setup and
processing 6 days Tue
1/23/18
Tue
1/30/18 20 System Developer
Creation of front end 28 days Wed
1/31/18 Fri 3/9/18 21 System Developer
Syncing of front end with
the database 8 days Mon
3/12/18
Wed
3/21/18 22 System Developer
Review and release 5 days Thu
3/22/18
Wed
3/28/18 23 Project Manager,
Business Expert
Milestone Three: Design &
Source Code 0 days Wed
3/28/18
Wed
3/28/18 24
Integration, Testing and
Implementation 27 days Thu
3/29/18
Fri
5/4/18
Integration of the system
with other systems 6 days Thu
3/29/18
Thu
4/5/18 25 Implementation
Engineer
Test case creation and
execution 5 days Fri 4/6/18 Thu
4/12/18 27 System Tester
Defect reporting 3 days Fri
4/13/18
Tue
4/17/18 28 System Tester
Management of the changes 5 days Wed
4/18/18
Tue
4/24/18 29 System Tester
Performance Measurement 3 days Wed
4/25/18
Fri
4/27/18 30 System Tester
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Project Reviews and
Inspections 5 days Mon
4/30/18 Fri 5/4/18 31 System Tester
Milestone Four: Test Plan 0 days Fri 5/4/18 Fri 5/4/18 32
Closure Phase 30 days Mon
5/7/18
Fri
6/15/18
Trainings to the end-users 8 days Mon
5/7/18
Wed
5/16/18 33 Business Expert,
Project Manager
System documentation
development 7 days Thu
5/17/18
Fri
5/25/18 35 Business Expert
Acceptance of the
deliverables 4 days Tue
6/5/18 Fri 6/8/18 36 Project Manager
Preparation of the closure
report 5 days Mon
6/11/18
Fri
6/15/18 37
System Developer,
Implementation
Engineer
Milestone Five: Closure
Report 0 days Fri
6/15/18
Fri
6/15/18 38
Project Schedule and Gantt chart
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Project Technologies
The project technology will include the development of the front end of the project using the
programming language as PHP and the back end as MySQL database. There will be use of
Microsoft Project Management tool that will be done for the estimation of project schedule and
timeline. Also, the project will make use of testing tools, such as, TestLink and Bugzilla.
The project will also make use of Big Data and data analytics tools for the analysis of the health
details of the patients. Records management tools will also be integrated so that the information
of the patients is managed correctly (Duesterhoeft, 2009).
The system development methodology will be agile methodology and the project management
methodology will be Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
Information Ethics and Data Protection
Ethical standards and practices shall be followed in the project activities and operations. The
ethical standards used in the project shall include adherence to the ethical and professional code
of conduct. There must be adherence to the Intellectual Property and laws that must be complied
in all of the project tasks and activities.
The information that will be associated with the tele-health monitoring system will be sensitive
and critical in nature. It would be required to make sure that the information is protected and
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secured at all times. There must be use of preventive and detective controls that must be used
along with the enhancement of the administrative checks and policies.
There are many information and network security tools that have been developed, such as,
intrusion detection tools, firewalls, proxy servers, anti-malware tools and anti-denial tools. There
shall also be use of access control and authentication mechanisms.
Conclusion
Tele-health monitoring and remote management of health has become an integral aspect of the
healthcare sector. There are various practices and operations that are carried out in association
with the health operations and services. There are various technologies and equipment that will
be integrated in the system for the monitoring of health data and records. There are various
problems that the patients face in terms of the visits to the health centres and the long waiting
time upon reaching. There are also cases of information loss and replication that are witnessed
with the use of manual systems in healthcare systems. The tele-health monitoring system will
overcome the defects and problems of the current system that is followed in the sector of
healthcare. The project will make use of Big Data and data analytics tools for the analysis of the
health details of the patients. Records management tools will also be integrated so that the
information of the patients is managed correctly.
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References
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Oct. 2017].
Majumder, S., Mondal, T. and Deen, M. (2017). Wearable Sensors for Remote Health
Monitoring. Sensors, 17(1), p.130.
Mhcc (2016). Telehealth Symposium: Remote Monitoring and Chronic Care Management of
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[Accessed 9 Oct. 2017].
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