title: Case study: physicians develop results viewer amid Y2K commotion.
abstract: Amid a flurry of Y2K preparations, which included converting patient accounting and order processing systems for six of its eight hospitals, Advocate Health Care needed to address physician complaints that the compliant software was awkward. By partnering with physicians, information systems (IS) rapidly developed a solution that met both the need for compliance and the demand for an easy-to-use, patient-centric clinical information system. A robust, browser-based results viewer provides physician access to information from patient accounting, order processing, and several clinical ancillary systems. Advocate anticipates greater challenges as the system is promoted to other sites and clinical communities.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Wurz
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Manis
mesh_terms: D002641:Chicago; D002910:Chronology as Topic; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010819:Physician's Role; D012985:Software Design; D018511:Systems Integration; D013995:Time; D014584:User-Computer Interface