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Reliable Pharmaceuticals Application and Technology Architecture Plan

By: Cindy Pufahl

Strayer University CIS 510 Dr. Dani Babb 01/11/2012

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A necessary feature of application architecture is its flexibility to adapt itself to constantly and rapidly changing environmental conditions such as: changes in processes and changes in IS/IT. For Reliable Pharmaceuticals to progress over the next five years with revenues and profits desired, the company will need to discuss future areas. There are several areas included in the following application architecture starting with development, production, planning, distribution, and human resource. Reliable Pharmaceuticals is a privately held company incorporated in 1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Since its inception, Reliable has grown to a pharmacy that accepts orders for patients in client facilities and delivers them securely every 12 hours. Now with services to Santa Fe, Las Cruces and Gallup deliveries are at all time high. With challenges Reliable is facing, they will need to re-evaluate their software and database system. Switching to a system that will service all areas such as patient insurance information, HIPPA guidelines, payment method, delivery choice and other areas depending on client, Reliable can catapult ahead of any reigning pharmaceutical company and not cut any staff. Reliable is on the right track with streamlining operations and expansion to neighboring states but must have new system fully operational with no issues before doing so. Offering other means of delivery will entice clients to stick with Reliable and suggest them to friends and family. Word of mouth is a strong advertisement and customer loyalty plans should be researched. Smartphone applications along with fully functional user friendly web site will be optimal service for those clients in business world of technology. All the restructuring of Reliable system must be orchestrated by top level management along with cross organizational training. With new system reorganization, operating procedures, and other areas, Reliable will be the pharmaceutical business to watch and learn from for a

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striving successful company that turned its system around and maintained government policies dealing with HIPPA and Pharmaceutical guidelines.

Reliable Pharmaceuticals Application Architecture Plan

HIPAA is an unusual law in that it makes a lot of recommendations (addressable items) and a few assertions (required items) and in the end, it is up to each organization to determine what they need to do to be compliant. This creates a great deal of flexibility and also a great deal of uncertainty. In general, to be HIPAA-compliant, a web site must at a minimum ensure that all protected health information:

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Is always encrypted as it is transmitted over the Internet Is not lost, i.e. should be backed up and can be recovered Is only accessible by authorized personnel Is not tampered with or altered Should be encrypted if it is being stored or archived 6. Can be permanently disposed of when no longer needed

Reliable Pharmaceuticals HIPPA Securtiy Technoloy Architecture Plan

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