Part 1: Cost Benefit analysis.

You are a Health Information Manager and have heard a lot about the benefits of LED lighting, such as accurate colour temperature, cost and environmental savings. Your department has 5 light fixtures that contain 2 T8 fluorescent tubes and the department operates between 7am and 11pm.

Perform a cost benefit analysis that examines the replacement of 100 fluorescent lights with LEDs.

You might like to consider:

a) the Australian Standard for lighting to firstly ensure compliance with the standard;

b) Compatibility with current fixtures (T8 linear fluorescent);

c) The lifespans of the types of lights, the running costs and the initial purchase prices; and

d) Would a moderate increase in cost over lamp life be justifiable in terms of the benefits afforded by installing LED lamps?

The question is asking to Perform a cost benefit analysis that examines the replacement of 100 fluorescent lights with LEDs and to answer the following questions accordingly:

1. Compatibility with current fixtures (T8 linear fluorescent);

2. The lifespans of the types of lights, the running costs and the initial purchase prices; and

3. Would a moderate increase in cost over lamp life be justifiable in terms of the benefits afforded by installing LED lamps?

4. consider the Australian Standard for lighting to firstly ensure compliance with the standard.

Part 2: Hospital statistics.

A performance improvement incentive payment has been announced for all HISM Healthcare hospitals to reduce their postoperative infection rates below target levels. You have been asked as the senior health information manager at a 250 bed hospital to determine if the target has been met by graphing the infection rate data for the 12 months from April 2013 to April 2014. Please refer to the attached Excel file for the data.