| 1.
How many facilities does the application support? |
| The
application will support an endless number of facilities. |
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| 2.
Is the application browser-based? Can it be accessed via our
intranet? |
| Yes.
The
application is completely browser-based and does not require any
software to be loaded on the desktop. This allows for rapid
deployment and requires less support. |
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| 3.
Does the application allow you to notify specific employees when an
incident is entered? |
| Yes.
Any user can be setup to receive email and/or pager notification when a
new incident is entered. |
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| 4.
Does the application allow multiple users to enter follow-up comments? |
| Yes.
Multiple users are able to review and enter follow-up comments on the
incident report. However, only those users who have been
identified on a "need to know" basis will be able to review
and enter follow-up. |
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| 5.
Can users who are late entering their follow-up comments be identified
and sent a reminder notification? |
| Yes.
The application can display all users who have not completed their
follow-up comments. Any of these users can be selected and
sent an email notification. |
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| 6.
Can an administrator make changes to incident reports that are already
submitted? |
| Yes.
The data captured on the incident report when it was originally entered
can be changed at any time by the administrator or user with appropriate
permissions. |
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| 7.
Does the application capture Contributing Factors? If so, who
enters them? |
| Yes.
When the incident is initially entered, the person entering the event
can specify their selections for the factors that contributed to the
incident. However, these factors can be changed afterwards
by the appropriate administrator or user with the appropriate
permissions. |
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| 8.
Can I create reports and graphs? |
| Yes.
Reports can be created that will output the data to various formats
including PDF, Excel, Word, and HTML. Graphs can also be
created that will allow the incident data to be analyzed for
effectively. Each graph provides "drill-down"
functionality that will allow more detailed data to be
shown. Graphs can be produced in pareto, bar, line, and pie
formats. OLAP Data "cubes" can also be created and
distributed that allow flexible ad-hoc analysis. |
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| 9.
Is a logon required to enter an incident? |
| Yes and No,
depending upon the user setting. The
design of the application allows the logon to be required or not
required at any time. A flag that within the application can
be updated at any time to require the logon or not require the logon. |
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| 10.
Can documents, spreadsheets, pictures, etc. be uploaded and saved
with the incident? |
| Yes.
Any electronic file that is stored on your PC or your network can be
uploaded to the server and saved with the incident. Those
with the permission to do so can view the file that has been
uploaded. |
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| 11.
Does the application "time out" if the user steps away from
the computer while entering an incident? |
| Yes.
The application provides a user-defined setting that determines the
number of inactive minutes that will trigger the application to time
out. |
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| 12.
Does the application track sentinel events? |
| Yes.
The administrator, or other user with appropriate permissions, has the ability to flag an incident as a "sentinel
event". |
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13.
What hardware is required? |
|
Web Server
• Pentium
or Xeon Processor
• CD/DVD-ROM
• 10/100/1000 Ethernet Card
• 2 SCSI Hard Drives - 100 GB
capacity
•
1 GB RAM or higher
• Microsoft IIS 6.0
•
MSXML
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
SP4 or 2003 SP2
• Microsoft Internet Information Server
•
Adequate backup capability
Database
Server
• Pentium
or Xeon Processor
• CD/DVD-ROM
• 10/100/1000 Ethernet Card
• 2 SCSI Hard Drives - 100 GB
capacity
•
1 GB RAM or higher
• Microsoft Windows
2000 Server
SP4 or 2003 SP2
• Microsoft SQL Server
2000 or 2003 (smaller databases can use SQL
Express)
• Adequate backup capability
Workstation/Client
•
Pentium III or higher
• 512 MB RAM or
higher
• Microsoft Windows 98, 2000,
XP Professional, Windows Vista
Business
• Microsoft Internet
Explorer 6.0 or higher
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| 14.
How long does it take to install and implement the application? |
| The
time required to install and implement the application depends on
several factors, such as 1) How many facilities will be using the
application 2) How much training you would like for us to perform 3)
Is there existing data that needs to be converted. On average, the time required is
approximately four to six weeks. |
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| 15.
Describe the application architecture. |
| The
application is built using a combination of Active Server Pages (ASP),
Microsoft® XML Parser (MSXML), Visual Basic® 6.0, COM+, ActiveX® Data
Objects (ADO), and SQL Server™ 2000. The HTML presentation layer
is implemented in Active Server Pages. The business layers are
implemented as COM+ components written in Visual Basic® 6.0 to access
data in a disconnected manner through ADO. The database layer
is implemented using Microsoft® SQL Server. The SQL Server™ 2000
database uses stored procedures for best performance and
maintainability. |
