title: Modeling shared health and social care information.
abstract: The article describes an analysis of the detailed data used by different groups of health care professionals and their requirements to share data as part of an integrated information systems design project. This systematic recording of their data usage and sharing requirements led to the development of a novel analysis technique: the complex object grid. The use of the complex object grid facilitates the description of information usage and needs at several levels of detail.
authors.affiliation: West Norwich Hospital, England.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Keele
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gilbert
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003142:Communication; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D004739:England; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000592:standards*; D007257:Information Theory; D008499:Medical Records / Q000592:standards*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012947:Social Work; D018511:Systems Integration