Mis on Your Pocket
Paige DeVriendt
Case Study 1
MIS 220, T/TH 11AM
Professor Wang
MIS In Your Pocket
Q1: The kinds of applications that are described in this case study are as simple as e-mail, calendar, photo sharing, and text messaging applications to applications like the one used for MEDITECH electronic medical records system, Epocrates Essentials, ChainLinq Mobile, and the app developed by Timothy Childs to help control machines in his business. These types of applications help employees stay better kept up with each other and business information. The e-mail application allows employees to receive e-mails almost directly after they are sent. The MEDITECH application gives doctors the ability to look at things like medical records and results whenever they need to and where ever they are. Also being able to access applications like Epocrates Essentials helps them understand the results and get more medical information. Basically, all the applications described help support business functions like timeliness and punctuality. These application help improve operational efficiency because they improve the speed of the information being communicated in businesses. This allows the businesses to operate faster and helps decision-making be done quicker which will help companies avoid potential problems or fix problems that are happening faster.
Q2: Businesses in this case study solved problems like doctors being able to stay on call, having a secure mobile network, quickly delivering information to customers, and controlling some parts of machines through specific applications. Doylestown Hospital uses the iPhone for their doctor’s to be able to access medical information they might need at any moment by connecting it to the hospital’s electronic medical records system called MEDITECH. This takes away the hassle when a doctor is not in the office and there is a question about a patient that needs immediate attention. This hospital also uses the iPhone for their doctor’s to be
Case Study 1
MIS 220, T/TH 11AM
Professor Wang
MIS In Your Pocket
Q1: The kinds of applications that are described in this case study are as simple as e-mail, calendar, photo sharing, and text messaging applications to applications like the one used for MEDITECH electronic medical records system, Epocrates Essentials, ChainLinq Mobile, and the app developed by Timothy Childs to help control machines in his business. These types of applications help employees stay better kept up with each other and business information. The e-mail application allows employees to receive e-mails almost directly after they are sent. The MEDITECH application gives doctors the ability to look at things like medical records and results whenever they need to and where ever they are. Also being able to access applications like Epocrates Essentials helps them understand the results and get more medical information. Basically, all the applications described help support business functions like timeliness and punctuality. These application help improve operational efficiency because they improve the speed of the information being communicated in businesses. This allows the businesses to operate faster and helps decision-making be done quicker which will help companies avoid potential problems or fix problems that are happening faster.
Q2: Businesses in this case study solved problems like doctors being able to stay on call, having a secure mobile network, quickly delivering information to customers, and controlling some parts of machines through specific applications. Doylestown Hospital uses the iPhone for their doctor’s to be able to access medical information they might need at any moment by connecting it to the hospital’s electronic medical records system called MEDITECH. This takes away the hassle when a doctor is not in the office and there is a question about a patient that needs immediate attention. This hospital also uses the iPhone for their doctor’s to be
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