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2. 2-2 Rough Drafts Due: 16 th Feb Final Submission: 23 rd Feb Deadlines

3. 2-3 Deliverables  Schematic  Excel Worksheet  Written Report

4. 2-4 Topics to Cover  Software  Hardware  Database  Social Media  Schematic

5. 2-5 Software  List out the software requirements for the medical practice – what kind of software would they use - operating systems, server software, cloud services, vertical/horizontal software etc.  Find the approximate number of licenses that would be required and what would be the cost of implementing your plan

6. 2-6 Hardware  Find out what & how many devices would be required by the medical practice – you could describe the number of computing devices and networking devices used to connect them all – what would you do in cases of communication failures etc  You would have to find the costs of each equipment that you use in your medical practice and ensure you operate at optimum efficiencies while reducing costs

7. 2-7 Database  What database architecture would you use to store the medical records – consider future demands when you opt for a selection

8. 2-8 Social Media  Describe how social media would be used in your medical practice

9. 2-9 Schematic  The schematic would be a birds-eye view of the entire system.  You would be making a diagram of all the computing devices and their interconnections in a particular location of the medical practice  You would also be making the organization chart for how the entire medical practice is laid out in the US  Suggest improvements to the current architecture and suggest a scheme which would be best optimized for the medical practice.

10. 2-10 Expectations  Suggest you to search on the net to find the various architectures in use today - research & compare to select the best ones. You would also get the costs of the devices online.  We expect that the solutions you design would cater to the needs that the medical practice might have in the future. For e.g. consider horizontal or vertical expansion.