title: A fast track to IAIMS: the Vanderbilt University strategy.
abstract: In July 1991, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) initiated a fast track approach to the implementation of an Integrated Academic Information Management System (IAIMS). The fast track approach has four elements: 1) an integrated organizational structure combining various operational information management units and the academic informatics program into a single entity to enhance efficiency; 2) technology transfer and network access to remote resources in preference to de novo development; 3) parallel IAIMS planning and infrastructure construction; 4) restriction of the scope of the initial IAIMS to permit a manageable implementation project. The fast track approach is intended to provide a truly functional IAIMS within a time period (7 years) associated with other major construction projects such as the building of a replacement hospital.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-8143.
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Stead
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Hodges
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Sittig
mesh_terms: D016490:Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D012577:Schools, Medical