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Note: Additional running cases are provided in Appendix C and on the companion Web site.
Template files are also available on the companion Web site. This running case starts here and
continues through Chapter 13. Tasks based on this case are explained in the following Tasks
section; throughout the book, these tasks will build on work done in previous chapters and
scenarios.
Manage Your Health, Inc. (MYH) is a Fortune 500 company that provides a variety of
healthcare services across the globe. MYH has more than 20,000 full-time employees and more
than 5,000 part-time employees. MYH recently updated its strategic plan; key goals include
reducing internal costs, increasing cross-selling of products, and exploiting new Web-based
technologies to help employees, customers, and suppliers work together to improve the development
and delivery of healthcare products and services. Below are some ideas the IT department
has developed for supporting these strategic goals:
1. Recreation and Wellness Intranet Project: Provide an application on the current intranet to
help employees improve their health. A recent study found that MYH, Inc. pays 20 percent
more than the industry average for employee healthcare premiums, primarily due to the
poor health of its employees. You believe that this application will help improve employee
health within one year of its rollout so that you can negotiate lower health insurance premiums,
providing net savings of at least $30/employee/year for full-time employees over
the next four years. This application would include the following capabilities:
• Allow employees to register for company-sponsored recreational programs, such as
soccer, softball, bowling, jogging, and walking.
• Allow employees to register for company-sponsored classes and programs to help
them manage their weight, reduce stress, stop smoking, and manage other healthrelated
issues.
• Track data on employee involvement in these recreational and health-management
programs.
• Offer...