title: Engineering data exchange.
abstract: Mount Clemens General Hospsital, Mount Clemens, Mich.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  performance anomalies due to multiple interfaces with separate systems.
  
  
  METHODS
  implementation of an interface engine.
  
  
  RESULTS
  improved management of data exchange among disparate systems.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  up-front studies of vendor offerings, potential problems, and long-term needs.
authors.affiliation: Mount Clemens General Hospital, Mount Clemens, Mich., USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D002201:Capital Expenditures; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000191:economics; D006774:Hospitals, Osteopathic / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008824:Michigan; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D018511:Systems Integration