Week 5 Assignment
Ricardo Laroza Jr.
CMGT/554 - IT INFRASTRUCTURE
February 13, 2012
La Shanda Perry

Week 5 Assignment This paper will go over the e-commerce or e-business services are available though the current web portal of Patton-Fuller Community Hospital, and compare and contrast the services that other hospital websites make available. Also, this paper will show how a web portal can expanded to provide outside vendor services like Just in Time pharmaceutical replenishment, inventory updates, and financial services. Finally how the use of social networking sites like Facebook might expand or benefits hospital reputation and community base.
Well, the problem is Patton-Fuller Community Hospital doesn’t have any kind of e-commerce/e-business services within the hospital. The only thing that Patton-Fuller Community Hospital is upgrading is their emergency room waiting area. This would be a great opportunity for the hospital because it will show people that the hospital is trying to do their best to take care of their patients with the most updated technology possible. Many hospitals around the world are implementing all kinds of new e-business technology. Some hospitals use e-business tool to automatically place orders with all vendors, eliminating the need for staff members to phone in or input daily orders and create paper based purchase orders and invoices. Here is an example in which more than one hospital can use e-business to save a life. In an article written February 9, 2010 Tina Palomino woke up at 1 o’clock am in a pool of blood. She went straight to UC Davis Medical Center located in Sacramento, California. There, the physicians were able to obtain blood test and a ultrasound to treat her condition caused by uterine fibroids. The physicians were able to obtain these records by using a secure internet connection with Sutter Heath