Health Services Support Baseline Report. Urban Information Systems Interagency Committee (USAC) Municipal Information Systems Project, Wichita Falls, Texas

摘要

Activities, manpower needs, and output are described in this preliminary report of the Nursing Division of the Texas Public Health Department in Wichita Falls, Tex. The report will be analyzed to provide estimations of the kinds and degree of significant changes an Integrated Municipal Information System (IMIS) would effect in personnel costs and responsibilities. The operations and manpower profile data presented here were assembled from an interview with the Director of the Nursing Division in June 1974 and represent the municipal operations within the Health Services Support Application and the integration of the Nursing Division with other city departments. Most of the interaction appears to be within the Nursing Division itself and with users outside the city organizations. Nursing Division activities are reported in school health, tuberculosis control, maternity and child health, dental health, general communicable disease program, venereal disease program, and children's services. Activity information is broken down into the trigger for the activity (e.g., end of the school year), the forms and files used, the output files and reports, and users. Manpower data address the activity frequency per year, the total estimated hours per year expended on each activity, and the direct labor costs for that activity as determined by the average hourly pay rate for 1974. Each operation is broken down by type of personnel involved (supervisory, clerical, or operational). Major municipal and nonmunicipal users are identified, and possible cumulative effects on management are assessed. Space is provided on the data sheets for recording post - IMIS implementation data. Appendices supply manpower cost calculations, budget information for 1973 - 74, and job descriptions obtained in April 1974.