title: Design of RCSS: Resource Coordination Systems for Surgical Services using distributed communications.
abstract: The plans for Resource Coordination for Surgical Services system (RCSS) incorporate a distributed objectbase with a coordinating server. User-centered information screens are customized for each geographic location in surgical services. User interfaces are designed to mimic paper lists and worksheets used by health care providers. Patient-specific and site-specific data will be entered and maintained by providers at each geographic location, but also rebroadcast and displayed for all providers. Although RCSS is primarily a communications system, it will also support review of surgical utilization and operative scheduling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, AIM Laboratory, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Strum
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: May
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D009870:Operating Room Information Systems; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D012985:Software Design; D018511:Systems Integration; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000379:methods*