A Physician's Office Wants to Install Software to Process Patient

question 45

Essay

A physician's office wants to install software to process patient claims to each insurer. Because patients have multiple types of insurance, the software will need not only to transmit the claims but also to understand what information needs to be sent to each insurer. Would you choose a two-tier or three-tier architecture for this application? Why?

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