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Internet-Enabled Transactions ( RELNISH_461_A6_INTERNET )

Internet-Enabled Transactions ( RELNISH_461_A6_INTERNET )

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Internet-Enabled Transactions

Scope of Functions

SAP delivers Internet-enabled transactions for the first time with this IS-H Release. These transactions are executed exclusively using an Internet browser. They represent workable scenarios, and are an example of the capabilities offered by the Internet in combination with IS-H, and, in general, with R/3. (SAP has long offered standard Internet-enabled transactions, particularly in the area of Human Resources).

Internet-enabled transactions, also known as Easy Web Transactions (EWTs), form an important component of the product range mySAP.com, which is specifically aimed at the Internet. You can get detailed information about mySAP.com at http://www.sap.com/solutions/index.htm, or by clicking links to mySAP.com in the entry screens of many country-specific SAP Web pages.

EWTs are transactions that were specially developed for use with an Internet browser. They are easy and intuitive to use, and enable an SAP system to be operated even by users who may not be very familiar with the system. Whether EWTs are used for intranet or Internet scenarios is a question of authorization.

To use EWTs, you simply have to install the software for SAP's Internet Transaction Server (ITS) which SAP supplies free of charge. You can get further information at http://www.sapnet.sap.com/sap-its and http://www.saplabs.com/usa/index.htm (under Downloads). SAP also offers the course BC440 Developing Internet Application Components (IAC) dealing with this topic.

The visual design of an EWT delivered by SAP is simply a template that you can tailor to meet your particular requirements using the wide range of HTML options.

IS-H delivers the following three ETWs with this release:

  • Material requisition
  • Book appointment
  • Estimated invoice

Detailed information about the EWTs:

  • Material Requisition
Besides the organizational unit-related material requisition in the R/3 System, you can now also avail of material requisition as an Intranet application to display and process data using a browser. You can request materials for an OU by making a selection from a proposal list. If necessary, you can change the quantity and unit of measure. Once you have saved the requisitions, you can process them further in the system.
Details about Internet-enabled material requisition
Apart from the general Customizing settings for the OU-related material requisition, you must enter settings for the ITS server.
As system administrator or IS-H contact person in your institution, you can set up the Intranet-enabled material requisition so that users in a care unit are able to access the material requisition function for their OU directly, without having to enter a value for the OU first. The following options are available for this:
  • You can add the link to material requisition to favorites in the SAP System.

  • In your intranet, you can, for example, set up a separate HTML page for each care unit with information relevant to that care unit. This could contain links to material requisition. The user simply clicks the link to access the material requisition transaction.

You can default the values for the institution, the requesting, departmental and nursing OU. This means that even occasional users will find material requisition easy to use: Most work can be done using the mouse. With just a few clicks, the material requisition is created and, if the user has the required authorization, approved.
Enter values for favorites/links
If you set links in the SAP system or your Intranet to the material requisition function, you can enter values as follows.
Example
  • ID of the institution = 1

  • ID of the requesting departmental OU = 11 ·

  • ID of the requesting nursing OU = 111

For this example, the address entry for creating favorites or links is as follows. You must enter this part of the address after the original ITS path: /nimr/!?RNMMD1-ANPOE=111& RNMMD1-ANFOE=11&RNMMD1-EINRI=0001&~OkCode=EDIT.
The user sees only the "Material requisition for surgery" link, for example, in the Intranet. You have assigned the URL with the code above to the link. You can maintain such predefined links for all care units in your intranet.
If you didn't use favorites/links, enter nimr/! in the browser window after the ITS address, and choose ENTER. This brings you to the initial screen where you must enter the values for the OUs.
For further information about this procedure, see the online documentation (SAP Library -> IS-H/IS-H*MED -> IS-H Hospital -> Integration with Materials Management).
  • Book Appointment
The Internet-enabled transaction Book Appointment lets general practitioners, for example, book outpatient appointments (time slots in visit scheduling) for their patients in hospitals.
This Internet-enabled transaction is a new, simplified interface as regards the scope of data entry, based on the IS-H transaction Visit Scheduling of IS-H Outpatient Clinic Management (transaction NR16). The Internet application is directly linked to the IS-H System, where it books the desired provisional appointments.
To call the Internet-enabled book appointments function, enter /niapps/! in the address line of your Internet browser following the ITS address.
You can control how many available time slots can be booked via the Internet by flagging the available time slots in the day program of the planning object as "can be booked from external source". The physician, for example, can then access the book appointment application via your Web page and enter the specialty, (earliest) date of appointment, and restrictions on the patient's availability (for example "not on Wednesday afternoon" etc.). The query returns a list of proposed appointments. The proposed appointments shown are flagged as "can be booked from an external source" in the day program of the relevant planning object. The physician then selects, and books an appointment for the patient.
The booking transaction requires data for identifying the patient. This data is entered in the subsequent screen. This data refers to the appointments reserved, i.e. a check is not run on the existence of the patient.
Confirming the booking creates a provisional appointment in the IS-H system. A booking confirmation is created for the patient. This serves as a reminder, and indicates how to reach the outpatient facility. This confirmation can be printed, and given to the patient.
  • Estimated Invoice
The Internet-enabled transaction, Estimated Invoice, was developed specially for the country version Singapore. However, it is available for all country versions.
This EWT lets a (future) patient find out via the Internet about the costs they can expect to incur for a particular treatment. The query is anonymous, so no sensitive, personal data is transferred.
To call the Internet-enabled estimated invoice transaction, enter /niebill/! in the address line of your Internet browser after the ITS address.
From your Internet browser user interface you can select the treatment you require from a list of treatments (e.g. hip replacement, delivery), and enter an approximate date for treatment. The query results in a list with the costs of the selected treatment for different categories (i.e. private room) and the approximate duration of treatment. The details in the list are determined from the most recent data in the R/3 System.
A hospital which offers the public the possibility to estimate the costs of treatment using this Internet-enabled transaction is not only a competitive institution, but presents itself as a modern, transparent enterprise that gives its patients absolute priority.

Effects on Data Transfer

Effects on System Administration

Effects on Customizing

In Customizing for IS-H, you have to define the treatments you wish to offer for an estimated invoice. For further information, refer to Section Patient Accounting -> SG: Estimated Invoice -> Internet Configuration of the IS-H Implementation Guide.

Further Information






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