In making my recommendation for Health Mart I have chosen Windows based Operating systems, both for the clients and servers. Each client and server is to run the minimum system requirements listed below to allow for each necessary program to function correctly. The programs that will be installed on each client are as follows; I-Site Radiology System, Praxis Electronic Medical Record, and Cerner Clinical Lab System. Based on the research I have done regarding I-site radiology system, praxis electronic medical record and Cerner Clinical lab systems I have come up with the final recommendations for all the workstations or clients that health mart will use.
Workstations:
Each client will require the minimum the system requirements I have listed below.
Processor:
Intel® Core™ i5-650 Processor (4M Cache, 3.20 GHz) or better
RAM:
6 gigs or more
Graphics Card:
High end graphics card with OpenGL 3.2 support, 2 GB on board memory. (nVidia Quadro for best results)
Diagnosis Displays:
Two 5 MP monitors 510K approved.
Hard Drives:
500 GB or more
Operating Systems:
Windows 7 (32x or 64x bit)
Network:
Switched Ethernet, 100 Mbps
TCP/IP protocol enabled.
Logical configuration: Windows Domain (active directory)
Internet:
T1 at minimum with at least 1 static IP address. However T3 or fiber is recommended.
Peripherals:
Monitors, keyboards, mice, speakers, NEC, scanners, printers, and health related input devices.
If each client meets these system requirements we will avoid any issues with running I-site, Praxis and Cerner application programs. This will ensure each user will have the capability to efficiently use peripherals, and access the servers.
Servers:
Each server will require the minimum system requirements I have listed below to run I-Site, Praxis and Cerner application software. Based on the number of employees at Health Mart I am recommending 6 servers are housed onsite.
Processor:
2 x Intel® Xeon®
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