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OSI Model Protocol

The OSI (Open System Interconnection) may be described as a recommended plan for

how messages ought to be transferred among any two users in a telecommunication network

(Mitchell, 2010). The function of the OSI may be to direct product executors so that their items

may frequently work with other items in a network. The OSI model delineates seven functional

layers that happen at each end of the message.

The main function of the OSI (Open System Interconnection) may be to act as a

communication method between two end-points in telecommunication networks, where they

split up into dissimilar levels, with every level having its own responsibilities’ set (Rouse,

2014). The Open System Interconnection splits the telecommunication into seven different

layers; the first layer being the “application layer”, the second layer being the “presentation

layer”, the third layer being “the session layer”, the fourth layer being the “transport layer”, the

fifth layer being the “network layer”, the sixth layer being the “data link layer”, and finally the

last layer being the “physical layer” (Rouse, 2014).

The levels are broken up into two main sets. The four levels at the top are usually used

when a message is sent or transmitted from one user to the other. The three levels at the bottom

are put into practice when any message is passed through the main computer. Messages planned

for this computer goes through to the higher layers and messages that are intended for some other

computer are never distributed up to the layers but proceed to the other host. The application

layer offers numerous services at the application level, while the presentation layer alters the

material. The session layer takes care of problems that may not be related to communication

complications. The transport level transports one end message to another end message control.
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The fifth layer, which is the network layer, directs the data in the system, while the data link

layer offers mistake control among adjoining nodes. Finally, the physical layer links the message

to the media’s communication (Rouse, 2014).

The OSI model defines the interacting outline for setting protocols into place. Control is

distributed from level to level, starting with the application layer and works its way through all

other layers until it gets to the physical layer or level one. When this sequence is finished, control

then goes to the subsequent position on the system, and works its way up the ladder. The

procedure starts on the top layer and supports the application, and also helps the end user with

the processes. Operator verification and confidentiality on the system is contemplated at this

level. Additionally, this is the level where file transfers happen. Once the application is finished,

control is forwarded to the presentation level or the sixth level. In this layer, there is data

conversion into a form that the application level can receive. Moreover, the encoded data is taken

care of at this layer. The presentation layer is the layer that designs and encodes data to be

transmitted across a network.

Control is then passed to the session layer which is the fifth level. The session layer

transacts with multiple system periods, and creates manages and also end connections between

multiple network sessions. This level also sets-up, organize, and end interactions and discussion

amongst the applications on any end. The transport layer takes control here, and this is the layer

that delivers transparent transmissions of information among the host and the end system and is

also responsible for flow control from end-to-end and error recovery. The transport level also

guarantees that there is a complete transmission of information.

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The network layer delivers routing and swapping technologies, and produces computer

generated circuits. These computer generated circuits may be used for transferring information

from one node to another node. Advancing and steering may be the main function of this level,

as well as, container sequencing, speaking, jamming control internetworking and mistake

handling.

At the data link level, this is where data is programmed and interpreted into bits. It takes

care of mistakes in the physical level and supplies communication procedure information and

management, frame organization and flow control. This level is split into a couple of sub levels

the Media Access Control (MAC) and the Logical Link Control (LLC) levels (Rouse, 2014). The

Media Access Control sub level governs how the system gets admission to the information and

approval for the transmission of the information. The Logical Link Control level regulates frame

organization, movement control, and the examination of mistakes.

Finally, at the first level, which is the physical level the bit flow is transported over the

system at the electronic and powered layer. It delivers the hardware a measure of distributing and

getting information and essential cables, video/sound card, and other physical facets (Rouse,

2014).

These protocols apply to health care organization because of the exchange of clinical

data in the delivery of health care (Stallings, 2009). The OSI may speed up the flow of patient’s

information from the provider’s office to the hospitals and outpatient facilities (Durkin, & Just,

2008). The OSI may also help struggling health care organizations establish an effective and

sustainable model for the business, as well as, put in place privacy and security measures to help

them better protect the information of the patients they service (Stallings, 2009).
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The different kinds of network designs have an effect on the transfer of medical data

because information systems are the mainframe that allows the distribution of information to a

group of users in different locations who are accessing the same application (Role of Information

System in an Organization). Managers can have the ability to control data, view data, and use

different tools to get the necessary information recorded and transmitted (Stallings, 2009).
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References

Durkin, S., and Just, B. (2008). An IT Primer for Health Information Exchange. Journal

of AHIMA, 79(1), 38-42.

Mitchell, B. (2010). “OSI Model Reference Guide,” www.about.com. Retrieved on Oct 28,

2014; from, http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/designosimodel/a/osimodel.htm

“Role of Information System in an Organization,” www.ehow.com. Retrieved on Oct 28, 2014;

from, http://www.ehow.com/about_6525978_role-information-systems-organization.html

Rouse, M. (2014). “OSI reference model (Open Systems Interconnection),” techtarget.com.

Retrieved on Oct 28, 2014; from,

http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/OSI

Stallings, W. (2009). Business Data Communications. (6th Ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ:

Prentice Hall.