Table of Contents:
  • Creating a Robust Multi-Facility System
  • The Value of Information in a Multi-Facility System
  • Information and the Integration of Services
  • The Role of Systems at the Facility and Network Level
  • Moving to a Network Focus
  • Designing Delivery Systems for Quality Care
  • The Organizational Impact Informatics
  • Conceptual Integrity in System Design
  • Infrastructure and Tools for Flexibility
  • Supporting Systems After Installation
  • Open Structures for Multiple Sites
  • Security and Confidentiality
  • Integrating Clinical Systems
  • Decision Support
  • Meeting Clinical Needs
  • Nursing Use of Systems
  • Systems in Medicine
  • Surgical Systems
  • Developing the Problem List
  • Using Data for Quality Assurance
  • Anesthesiology Systems
  • Using Clinical Systems in Another Public
  • Environment
  • International Installations Using the VA System
  • Structuring Databases for Data Sharing
  • Relating Data Structure to Clinical Needs
  • Capturing Data in Ambulatory Care Settings
  • UMLS and Linkages to Medical Knowledge
  • Collaborating for Integration
  • Hybrid Open Systems Technology (HOST)
  • Telemedicine Initiatives at the VA
  • Telemedicine Systems
  • Teleimaging and PACS
  • Telehealth for the Consumer.