Nonfunctional
requirements
The IIBA defines the nonfunctional requirements as the quality
attributes, design, and implementation constraints, and external interfaces
which a product must have. The followings requirements have been identified:
§ Operational
Defines the physical and technical environments in which the
system will operate:
- The system should run on a PC (Windows 7 Operating system or
above, 1 Gb of RAM, and at least 1Gb of Hard Disc) used by medical and
administrative staff;
- The system should work in the existing wired or wireless
intranet network
- The system should use the existing internet connection
- The system should use available GSM network for SMS
notification
§ Performance
- The system should support 5 users in minimum
- The system should allow to resend notification when the GSM
network or the internet network is down.
§ Security
- No clinician can cancel the laboratory order requested by
another clinician
- Only the referring clinician can choose to be notified by
e-mail and SMS
- The patient should give his/her agreement for being notified
by e-mail and SMS when the laboratory result is available
- Laboratory test details should be sent to the clinician
only, the patient receive just the notification on the availability of the
result
§ Cultural and political requirement
- Patient medical record information should be protected by
local or regional law related to Data Protection Act
- Policy on confidentiality and privacy of the patient record
should be implemented and disseminated prior to the system deployment
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