- Consider ONE of the following scenarios:
- You are an IT Director hired by a newly established telemedicine business. Your company’s headquarters and data center are located in a large metropolitan area and you have all the resources necessary to succeed with a server, network, and application infrastructure. The company’s business plan is to provide a telemedicine-driven solution for improving accessibility of care to patients in rural areas.
- You are an IT Director of a large healthcare system and your employer made a decision to build a new hospital within 15 miles of your current location. Your main data center will remain in the same location, and all your clinical applications will be made available to the new hospital. However, you need to plan a network infrastructure to extend access to all clinical applications at the new location.
- You are expected to:
- Identify all critical elements and technologies necessary to achieve the stated goals of your project.
- Describe the resources you will require to achieve your project goals.
- Architect, at a high level, your proposed solution and draw a diagram in a software application of your choice. The diagram belongs in the body of the paper or in the appendix. Do not send it as a separate file.
- List and describe clinical applications that will run on your proposed infrastructure.
- Identify benefits and risks to business operations and patient care environment, resulting from your proposed solution.
- Briefly describe to senior management why your solution is a good fit and how you will address the risks identified above.
- Do not use “The Cloud” in your solution. We will address cloud computing later in the course.
- When working on the technical questions, wear your technology analyst and network engineer heads – not business leader heads. While your audience is composed of business stakeholders, we want you to demonstrate your technical analysis skills.
Your paper should have 1500 words of content, double-spaced pages in length, and written in APA style. In addition to your content pages, you should include a title page, an introduction, a conclusion, and references. Please remember to use APA style and reputable sources for your case.
Your submission should be in .doc, .docx, or PDF format. Do not paste your response into the text editor.
Unit Papers & Case Analysis Rubric
Description: Additional deductions: 10% for each day the assignment is late, up to a maximum of 3 days. After 3 days, the student will receive a zero.
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Excellent (A) Very good (B) Satisfies minimal
requirements
(C)
Insufficient (D)
Unacceptable (F)
Assigned components
Points Range:
23.25 (23.25%) – 25 (25.00%)
All parts of the assignment are answered thoughtfully, clearly and logically with a
Points Range:
21.25 (21.25%) – 23.2475
(23.2475%)
Most parts of the
assignment are answered thoughtfully,
Points Range:
19.25 (19.25%) – 21.2475
(21.2475%)
Some parts of the
assignment are answered in a clear
Points Range:
17.5 (17.50%) – 19.2475
(19.2475%)
No parts of the assignment are written in a clear
thoughtful
Points Range:
0 (0.00%) –
17.4975
(17.4975%)
Fails to meet this
expectation
Knowledge & understanding
Examples to support claims
| minimum
length specified in the assignment instructions. |
clearly, and
thoughtful manner, and logically with a manner, length is well minimum without below length meeting the minimum specified in the minimum requirements. assignment length instructions. requirement specified in the assignment instructions. |
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| Points Range:
23.25 (23.25%) – 25 (25.00%) Student shows a strong command of the unit materials. Student references additional research, text, and supplementary readings that are well integrated into the response. Student demonstrates synthesis of course materials and original ideas. |
Points Range:
Points Range: Points Range: 21.25 (21.25%) 19.25 (19.25%) 17.5 (17.50%) – – 23.2475 – 21.2475 19.2475 (23.2475%) (21.2475%) (19.2475%) Student shows Student shows Student shows a fair little command no command command of of the unit of the unit the unit materials. materials. materials. Student only Student does Student relies on not reference references assigned any materials additional readings that in his/her research, but may or may work. primarily relies not be well on assigned integrated into readings that the response. are well Student integrated into demonstrates the response. weak Student synthesis of demonstrates unit materials. some course material synthesis and new ideas. |
Points Range:
0 (0.00%) – 17.4975 (17.4975%) Fails to meet this expectation |
| Points Range:
13.95 (13.95%) – 15 (15.00%) Examples are presented and relevant, where applicable. Examples |
Points Range:
Points Range: Points Range: 12.75 (12.75%) 11.55 (11.55%) 10.5 (10.50%) – – 13.9485 – 12.7485 11.5485 (13.9485%) (12.7485%) (11.5485%) Examples are Examples are No examples presented and scarce. are used to relevant, Students does highlight where not use course practical applicable. materials or application of |
Points Range:
0 (0.00%) – 10.4985 (10.4985%) Fails to meet this expectation |
Technical
solutions and diagramming
| went beyond
basics, and sufficient detail is provided. Student uses course materials and other sources to support their arguments. |
Students uses
other sources the presented course to support their theory. materials to arguments. support their arguments. |
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| Points Range:
13.95 (13.95%) – 15 (15.00%) Technical answers and solutions address problems stated in cases and assignments, represent sound solutions. Diagrams clearly illustrate ideas outlined in the paper (where applicable). |
Points Range:
Points Range: Points Range: 12.75 (12.75%) 11.55 (11.55%) 10.5 (10.50%) – – 13.9485 – 12.7485 11.5485 (13.9485%) (12.7485%) (11.5485%) Solutions to Solutions to Solutions to problems problems problems and/or cases and/or cases and/or cases make technical contain little contain no sense and technical technical partially mastery and mastery and address command of command of challenges the concepts the concepts posed in the taught in the taught in the assignment. course. course. Diagrams Diagrams are Diagrams are provide fair basic and do very basic or illustration of not sufficiently not submitted ideas outlined illustrate ideas at all. in the paper outlined in the (where paper. applicable). |
Points Range:
0 (0.00%) – 10.4985 (10.4985%) Fails to meet this expectation |
Language use, voice, & style
| Points Range:
9.3 (9.30%) – 10 (10.00%) Demonstrates precise, professional language and word choice, a defined voice, and a clear sense of audience, uses well-structured and varied sentences. Language is clear, concise, and easy to understand. Student uses terminology appropriately. Paper contains an introduction and conclusion. |
Points Range:
Points Range: Points Range: 8.5 (8.50%) – 7.7 (7.70%) – 7 (7.00%) – 9.299 (9.299%) 8.499 (8.499%) 7.699 (7.699%) Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates appropriate appropriate less professional professional professional language and language and language and word choice, word choice, word choice, with some with an some evidence of awareness of awareness of voice and a audience and audience, and clear sense of control of control of audience, voice; voice; relies on uses generally uses simple well-structured correct sentences with and varied sentence insufficient sentences. structure with sentence Language is some variety. variety and mostly clear, There are word choice. concise, and issues with There are easy to clarity, major issues understand. conciseness, with clarity, Student uses and readability. conciseness, most Student uses and readability. terminology some Student uses appropriately. terminology terminology Paper contains appropriately. inappropriately an introduction Content may . An and need to be introduction conclusion. read two or and/or more times to conclusion are be understood. absent. An introduction and/or conclusion are absent. |
Points Range:
0 (0.00%) – 6.999 (6.999%) Fails to meet this expectation |
