Question $2[35$ marks$]$

Read the following scenario and answer the questions that follow:

You are a newly appointed IT consultant at a regional hospital, "HealthHub Medical Centre," known for its commitment to providing high$-$quality patient care. The hospital administration has recognised that modernising their information systems is crucial to improving overall efficiency, patient satisfaction, and healthcare outcomes. As the lead consultant, you are tasked with assessing the hospital's information systems needs, analysing these needs, proposing a solution, and recommending implementing the most suitable information system.

Hospital Challenges and Needs

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Patient Records Management: The hospital relies on paper$-$based patient records, leading to delays in accessing patient history, test results, and treatment plans.

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Appointment Scheduling: The manual appointment scheduling process results in scheduling conflicts, patient dissatisfaction, and inefficient resource utilisation.

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Inventory and Supply Chain: Tracking medical supplies and inventory manually causes stockouts, wastage, and difficulty in procurement planning.

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Billing and Financial Management: The billing department struggles with errors in invoicing, delayed payments, and challenges in generating financial reports.

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Communication and Collaboration: Lack of a centralised system hampers effective communication among healthcare professionals, affecting coordinated patient care.

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Needs Identification: $[10$ marks$]$

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Identify and clearly define the information systems needs that HealthHub Medical Centre is facing based on the challenges provided. Explain the significance of each need in the context of improving patient care and hospital operations.

$7$ HPX$100-1-$Jan$-$Jun$2024-$SA$1-$CZ$-$V$2-01112023$

Needs Analysis $[10$ marks$]$

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Analyse the identified needs comprehensively, emphasising the negative consequences of not addressing these needs. Discuss how these unmet needs impact patient care quality, staff efficiency, and hospital reputation.

Solution Proposal $[10$ marks$]$

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Propose a solution involving an appropriate information system to address the identified needs. Justify why your proposed solution aligns with the hospital's mission and how it can enhance patient care and operational efficiency.

System Evaluation and Implementation $[5$ marks$]$

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Evaluate three information systems suitable for a healthcare environment, considering interoperability, scalability, security, and user$-$friendliness factors. Compare their advantages and disadvantages and recommend the best system for HealthHub's requirements.

Rubric Criteria Excellent Good Poor Needs Identification

A clear and precise identification of all relevant needs and a deep understanding of the challenges faced.

Adequate Identification of most needs, though some may lack clarity or relevance.

Limited Identification of Needs: some may be inaccurate or unclear. $107$ marks $64$ marks $30$ marks Needs Analysis

Thorough Analysis of needs, providing astute insights into their impact on patient care and operations.

Adequate Analysis of most needs, with some depth and relevance.

Superficial Analysis of needs, lacking depth or clear understanding. $107$ marks $64$ marks $30$ marks Solution Proposal

Comprehensive proposal of a suitable solution, aligning with the hospital's mission and providing strong reasoning for its adoption.

An adequate proposal with some alignment and reasoning was provided.

Basic or vague proposal lacking strong alignment or clear reasoning. $107$ marks $64$ marks $30$ marks System Evaluation and Implementation

Detailed evaluation of multiple information systems, comparing their features and suitability for the hospital's needs.

Adequate evaluation with some comparison of systems.

Limited evaluation, little or no comparison of systems, lacking depth. $54$ marks $3-2$ marks $10$ marks

$8$ HPX$100-1-$Jan$-$Jun$2024-$SA$1-$CZ$-$V$2-01112023$

Question $3[30$ marks$]$

An upcoming home loan provider has hired you. This organisation is still setting up its systems before opening its business doors. As an intern, you are tasked with creating a Java program that calculates the monthly mortgage payment for a home loan. The organisation's front office staff will use this program to help potential homebuyers get a glimpse of their estimated monthly payments based on their loan details.

$3\mathrm{.}1$ Write a program that prompts the user to enter the necessary information as keyboard entries, perform the calculations, and display the result in a formatted manner. As guidance, it is established that the program fulfils the following requirements:

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Prompt the user to enter the following information:

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The loan amount in rands $($a positive integer or decimal$).$

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The annual interest rate as a percentage $($a positive decimal$).$

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The loan term in years $($a positive integer$).$

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Calculate the monthly interest rate.

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Calculate the number of monthly payments.

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Calculate th