Mental Health Intervention System Analysis for NewAccess

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ITC548
System Analysis PG
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Project Vision Document...........................................................................................................3
Problem Description...............................................................................................................3
Capabilities.............................................................................................................................3
Stages of Information System............................................................................................4
Indicators used in Information System..............................................................................5
Benefits..................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................7
List of Figures
Figure 1: Information System....................................................................................................4
Figure 2: Stages of Information System.....................................................................................4
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Introduction
This report is created for the NewAccess organization which is a mental health intervention
organization. This organization target mainly youth whose age group is between the 17 years
to 25 years. But now the NewAccess organization is thinking of expanding the organization
and want to consider the young people too who are aged between 12 years and 13 years. For
trialing the new system organized by the NewAccess they hired the organization named as
the Headspace. The NewAccess organization generally targeted the youth who is suffering
from anxiety and depression. This organisation found one common problem among the youth
suffering from the mental illness that this types of youth seen by multiple professionals
before helping them but this cause a very serious problem that each and every time the youth
who is suffering from the mental illness not be able to describe his or her story correctly each
and every time because they do not wants to say their story to everyone and this makes the
professionals very hard for helping them.
In this report being a “System Analyst” of the organisation, I will make a system which will
be able to capture or record the story of each and every youth who is suffering from anxiety
and depression for the first time only so after recording there story there is no need of telling
them again and again. In this report, I will make a project vision document which will include
the organization problem, the system capabilities and the benefits of the new system.
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Project Vision Document
Problem Description
As we know that the NewAccess organization which is a mental health intervention
organization. This organization target mainly youth whose age group is between the 17 years
to 25 years. The NewAccess organization is thinking of expanding the organization and want
to consider the young people too who are aged between 12 years and 13 years. For trialing
the new system organized by the NewAccess they hired the organization named as the
Headspace.
Now the problem arises is that NewAccess organization generally targeted the youth who is
suffering from anxiety and depression. This organisation found one common problem among
the youth suffering from the mental illness that this types of youth seen by multiple
professionals before helping them but this cause a very serious problem that each and every
time the youth who is suffering from the mental illness not be able to describe his or her story
correctly each and every time because they do not wants to say there story to everyone and
this makes the professionals very hard for helping them.
Capabilities
The information system is the system used for processing, collecting, dissemination,
analyzing and using the information about the mental health needs and mental health services
of the population it serves. The main aim of this information system will be to collect and
store the information provided by the patients and to store them so that any professional or
the staff of the NewAccess organization can easily access it.
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Figure 1: Information System
Stages of Information System
The main stages of the information system are as follows:
1. Collecting data from patients
2. Processing
3. Analyzing
4. Dissemination
5. Use
Figure 2: Stages of Information System
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Indicators used in the Information System
The indicators used in the information system is used for measuring the different types of
aspects of the mental health system such as follows:
 Inputs
 Needs
 Processes
 Outcomes
Benefits
Shown below are some of the benefits of the information system are as follows:
 The main benefits of the information system are that the mental health victim did not
need to tell his or her story again and again. The professional will get all the
information with the help of the information system recorded for the first time when
the story told by the victim.
 The information system will provide accurate, complete and up to date information
about the patients.
 The information system will enhance the security and privacy of the patient’s data.
 This will reduce the cost by decreasing the paperwork, reduced the duplication of the
testing, will improve the safety and also improve the health of the mental illness
patients.
 An information system is very convenient and efficient.
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Conclusion
This assignment was created for the NewAccess organization which is a mental health
intervention organization. We have seen in the report that for trialing the new system
organized by the NewAccess they hired the organization named as the Headspace.
NewAccess organization generally targeted the youth who is suffering from anxiety and
depression and this organisation found one common problem among the youth suffering from
the mental illness that this types of youth seen by multiple professionals before helping them
but this cause a very serious problem that each and every time the youth who is suffering
from the mental illness not be able to describe his or her story correctly each and every time
because they do not wants to say their story to everyone and this makes the professionals very
hard for helping them. In this report, I have successfully build a document which tells about
the information system which will be able to capture or record the story of each and every
youth who is suffering from anxiety and depression for the first time only so after recording
there a story there is no need of telling them again and again. In this report, I have also make
a project vision document which included the organization problem, the system capabilities
and the benefits of the new system.
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