NTC362 Week 2 INDP part 1
Integrative Network Design Project, Part 1
NTC/362
Patton Fuller Hospital
Patton Fuller is a community hospital that has been proudly serving the community since 1975. Patience care is number one, and they thrive to ensure each of their patients experience is as pleasant as possible. Hospitals are under enormous pressure to treat patients in the most effective and efficient way. By leveraging the best IT systems, health organizations provide the type of patient care with the speed and efficiency required by the market. By analyzing Patton Fuller’s IT infrastructure, a determination can be made about the network and the devices supported on it as well. The outcome of the analysis will be used to recommend new technologies in data collection, internal communication, and security. If done correctly, this will link productivity with care thereby improving performance and reducing the cost of operations in the hospital.
Network Overview
A review of Patton Fuller’s network reveals that the network is set up in a bus topology, which is the oldest topology. All stations are attached via cable taps or connections to a single length of cable—a wire with two open ends that are terminated by a resistor. The single cable is referred to as a trunk, backbone, or segment (Goleniewski, 2007). There are many different departments in the hospital: Administration, Radiology, RIS data center, and OR/ICU. The network structure for the entire hospital is 1000 BaseT with all station connect using twisted pair concept. Individual sections of departmental networks use different standards, such as 1000 BaseF (Apollo, 2013). Network Characteristics & Components
The IT data center houses the hospital HIS system. There are three servers in the data center: A Windows exchange server, Internet server, and a RAS server. All three servers are IBM 3250’s with MS Windows Exchange Server and Linux Apache operating systems. There are also a 10 Tera Byte NAS, Cisco
NTC/362
Patton Fuller Hospital
Patton Fuller is a community hospital that has been proudly serving the community since 1975. Patience care is number one, and they thrive to ensure each of their patients experience is as pleasant as possible. Hospitals are under enormous pressure to treat patients in the most effective and efficient way. By leveraging the best IT systems, health organizations provide the type of patient care with the speed and efficiency required by the market. By analyzing Patton Fuller’s IT infrastructure, a determination can be made about the network and the devices supported on it as well. The outcome of the analysis will be used to recommend new technologies in data collection, internal communication, and security. If done correctly, this will link productivity with care thereby improving performance and reducing the cost of operations in the hospital.
Network Overview
A review of Patton Fuller’s network reveals that the network is set up in a bus topology, which is the oldest topology. All stations are attached via cable taps or connections to a single length of cable—a wire with two open ends that are terminated by a resistor. The single cable is referred to as a trunk, backbone, or segment (Goleniewski, 2007). There are many different departments in the hospital: Administration, Radiology, RIS data center, and OR/ICU. The network structure for the entire hospital is 1000 BaseT with all station connect using twisted pair concept. Individual sections of departmental networks use different standards, such as 1000 BaseF (Apollo, 2013). Network Characteristics & Components
The IT data center houses the hospital HIS system. There are three servers in the data center: A Windows exchange server, Internet server, and a RAS server. All three servers are IBM 3250’s with MS Windows Exchange Server and Linux Apache operating systems. There are also a 10 Tera Byte NAS, Cisco
References: Apollo Group. (2014). Patton Fuller Community Hospital. Retrieved from http://ecampus.phoenix./secure/aapd/CIST/VOP/Healthcare/PFCH/it.asp?topviewedu Cisco. (n.d). Gigabit Ethernet (802.3z)n.d. Retrieved from http://cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk389/tk214/tk277/tsd_technology_support_sub- protocol_home.html Goleniewski, L. (2007). Telecommunication Essentials. The Global Source (2nd ed.). Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.