Patent ID: 8712799

Claim:
A method of providing software for administrating the work flow of an apparatus used in a hospital, the method comprising: providing a software package configured for use in a plurality of departments of the hospital, the software package including at least one front end software component and at least one back end software component, the the at least one front end software component and the the at least one back end software component include code segments configured to be executed by a processor, performing, by the processor, at least one task associated with the at least one front end software component in response to a user input provided via a user interface; performing, by the processor, at least one task associated with the at least one back end software component in response to a call from the at least one front end software component; and adding, by the processor, at least one further software component including at least one further front end software component and at least one further back end software component, to the provided software package, the at least one further software component being configured to implement at least one task that is specific to one of the plurality of departments of the hospital.