title: Managing information in the academic medical center: building an integrated information environment.
abstract: The strategic importance of integrated information systems and resources for academic medical centers should not be underestimated. Ten years ago, the National Library of Medicine in collaboration with the Association of Academic Medical Centers initiated the Integrated Advanced Information Management System (IAIMS) program to assist academic medical centers in defining a process for addressing deficiencies in their information environments. The authors give a brief history of the IAIMS program, and they describe both the characteristics of an integrated information environment and the technical and organizational structures necessary to create such an environment. Strategies some institutions have used to implement integrated information systems are also outlined. Finally, the authors discuss the role of librarians in integrated information system design.
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences Library and Information Center, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fuller
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Braude
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Florance
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Frisse
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D006801:Humans; D016490:Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D016245:Librarians; D007993:Libraries, Medical; D009317:National Library of Medicine (U.S.); D018511:Systems Integration; D014481:United States