00 requirements 01_Aug

NB Requirements / specifications is a work in progress and will be added to over the next week . As always comment and suggestions are always welcome. The Littlefish managers are listed in the index- To view the detailed functions please click on the hyperlinks. We have added some real life scenarios to demonstrate the intended functional relationship and interaction between the managers that will constitute the Littlefish Functional Framework and the external linkages that enable information exchange between various service providers and information sources / databases.

Management Grouping	Application / Function	IDEAL INITIAL Functional Release (Full/Partial)	Degree of Difficulty (H/M/L)	Known Major Constraints (Y/N)	Estimated Cost to Develop / Implement (H/M/L)	Estimated Timeframe to Deliver (Short /Medium/ Long)	Recommended Mandatory Initial Release (Yes/ Partial / No)	Recommended Mandatory Release 2 (Yes/ Partial/ No)
Practice Administration Manager top	01Patient and Organisation Registration	Full	Low	No	Low	Short	Yes	N/A
	02Patient Selection and Task Management	Full	Low	No	Low	Short	Yes	N/A
	03 Patient Account Management	Full	Low	No	Medium	Medium	Yes	N/A
	04 Financial Management	Full	Low	No	Medium	Medium	Yes	N/A
	05 Practice Performance Management	Partial	Medium	No	Medium	Medium	Partial	Yes
	06 Supplies / Inventory Management	Full	Low	No	Low	Medium	No	No
	07 Customer Satisfaction Management	Partial	Low	No	Low	Short	No	Yes
	08 Payroll Administration	Full	Medium	No	Medium	Medium	No	No
Practice Scheduling Manager top	09 Patient Appointment Scheduling & Management	Full	Medium	No	Medium	Medium	Yes	N/A
	10 Preventive Medicine Scheduling & Patient Recall Management	Full	Medium	No	Low	Short	Yes	N/A
	11 Resource Management & Staff Rostering	Partial	High	No	High	Long	No	No
Pharmaceutical Therapy Manager top	12 Prescription Generation	Full	Low	No	Low	Short	Yes	N/A
	13 Medication History Management	Partial	Medium	No	Low	Medium	Partial	Yes
	14 Drug Dispensing Manage ment	Full	Low	No	Low	Short	No	No

Management Grouping	Application / Function	IDEAL INITIAL Functional Release (Full/Partial)	Degree of Difficulty (H/M/L)	Known Major Constraints (Y/N)	Estimated Cost to Develop / Implement (H/M/L)	Estimated Timeframe to Deliver (Short /Medium/ Long)	Recommended Mandatory Initial Release (Yes/ Partial /No)	Recommended Mandatory Release 2 (Yes/ Partial/ No)
Pharmaceutical Therapy Manager top	15 Patient Drug Information Generation	Full	Low	No	Low	Short	No	Yes
	16 Drug Information Management	Full	Medium	Yes	Medium	Long	Partial	Partial
	17 Drug Therapy Decision Support	Full	Medium	No	Medium	Medium	Partial	Yes
Clinical Services Manager top	18 Patient Clinical History & Assessment	Full	Low	No	Low	Medium	No	Yes
	19 Decision Support (Static and Dynamic / Event-Driven)	Partial	High	Yes	High	Long	No	Partial
	20 Clinical Coding Management	Partial	Medium	No	Medium	Medium	No	Partial
	21 Diagnostic Test Management	Full	Medium	No	Medium	Medium	No	Yes
	22 Patient Management Planning & Delivery	Full	High	Yes	High	Medium	No	Partial
	23 Clinical Statistics & Report Management	Full	Low	No	Low	Short	No	Partial
	24 Medical Information Management	Full	High	Yes	High	Long	No	Partial
	25 Patient Education Management	Full	Low	Yes	Low	Short	No	Partial
Computerised Patient Record top	26 Electronic Health Record	Full	High	Yes	High	Long	Partial	Yes
Computerised Patient Record top	27 Patient Financial Record	Full	Low	No	Low	Short	Yes	N/A
Reference Databases top	28 Practice Configuration Database	Full	Low	No	Low	Short	Yes	N/A
Reference Databases top	29 Clinical and Other Code Lists	Full	Low	Yes	Low	Short	Partial	Yes

Management Grouping	Application / Function	IDEAL INITIAL Functional Release (Full/Partial)	Degree of Difficulty (H/M/L)	Known Major Constraints (Y/N)	Estimated Cost to Develop / Implement (H/M/L)	Estimated Timeframe to Deliver (Short /Medium/ Long)	Recommended Mandatory Initial Release (Yes/ Partial /No)	Recommended Mandatory Release 2 (Yes/ Partial/ No)
Reference Databases top	30 Diagnostic Services Databases	Full	Low	No	Low	Short	No	Yes
	31 Health Services Directory Database	Full	Low	Yes	Low	Short	No	Yes
	32Organisations and External Providers Database	Full	Low	No	Low	Short	Yes	N/A
	33 Government Sourced Reference Databases	Full	Low	Yes	Low	Short	No	Yes
	34 Local Operational Databases	Full	Low	No	Low	Short	No	No
Reporting Manager top	35 Clinical Summary Report Generation	Full	Low	No	Low	Short	Partial	Yes
	36 Ad-hoc and Routine Clinical Management Reporting	Full	Medium	No	Medium	Medium	Partial	Partial
	37Administration / Practice Management Reporting	Full	Medium	No	Medium	Medium	Partial	Partial
	38 Linkage with Office Automation Tools	Full	Low	No	Low	Short	Yes	N/A
Documents / Forms Manager top	39 Forms Generation	Full	Medium	No	Medium	Medium	No	Yes
Documents / Forms Manager top	40 Document Management	Full	Medium	No	Medium	Medium	No	Yes
External Information Manager top	41Diagnostic Services Communication	Full	Low	Yes	Low	Short	No	Yes
	42 Hospital Information Exchange	Partial	Low	Yes	Medium	Medium	No	Partial
	43 Financial Information Transfer	Partial	Low	Yes	Medium	Short	Partial	Yes

Management Grouping	Application / Function	IDEAL INITIAL Functional Release (Full/Partial)	Degree of Difficulty (H/M/L)	Known Major Constraints (Yes/No)	Estimated Cost to Develop / Implement (H/M/L)	Estimated Timeframe to Deliver (Short /Medium/ Long)	Recommended Mandatory Initial Release (Yes/ Partial /No)	Recommended Mandatory Release 2 (Yes/ Partial/ No)
External Information Manager top	44 Inter-practitioner Communication	Full	Low	Yes	Medium	Medium	Partial	Yes
External Information Manager top	45 Other External Information Exchange	Partial	Low	Yes	Low	Short	Partial	Yes
Desktop Systems Manager top	46 Desktop Systems Set-Up	Full	High	No	Medium	Medium	Yes	N/A
	47 Software Currency Maintenance	Full	Medium	No	Medium	Medium	Yes	N/A
	48 External Information Currency	Full	Medium	No	Medium	Medium	Yes	N/A
	49 Data Integrity Management	Full	High	No	High	Medium	Yes	N/A
	50 Desktop Security / Authorisation Management	Full	High	No	High	Medium	Yes	N/A
	51 Systems Back-Up and Maintenance	Full	Medium	No	Low	Medium	Yes	N/A
	52 Mobile Computing Data Management	Full	High	No	High	Medium	Yes	N/A
	53 Reference Database Management	Full	Low	No	Low	Short	Yes	N/A
External Communi- cations Manager top	54 Communications Message Exchange Protocols	Full	Medium	No	Medium	Medium	Partial	Yes
External Communi- cations Manager top	55 Network Communications Protocols	Full	Low	No	Low	Short	Yes	N/A

Issue	Details	Who	Date
1.1 Draft A	Initial Writing	C. Fraser	16 April 1999
1.2 draft A	Update	C. Fraser / B.Lee/J Money/ S.Brown	10 May 1999
1.3 Draft B	Revision & Updating of Requirements based on the "Clinical & Administrative General Practice Computer Systems Consultancy"	IBM & Australian Commonwealth Dept of Health & Family Affairs	1 August 1999
1.4 draft C	Updated timelines for requiemnts development	C. Fraser	18 April 2000

Index
Practice Administration Manager	Practice Scheduling Manager	Pharmaceutical Therapy Manager	Clinical Services Manager	Computerised Patient Record
Reference Databases	Reporting Manager	Documents / Forms Manager	External Information Manager	Desktop Systems Manager
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