title: Community-wide information systems design: concepts and an illustration.
abstract: Models for community-wide information systems design help insure the development of a health information infrastructure that supports life-long, community-centric, patient focused care. Collaborating with community health planning groups provides a reasonable starting point for such endeavors. We review existing approaches to community-based information systems design, draw design principles from the experiences of past innovations, and describe our team's experience in partnering with a community health planning group to establish a community-wide design approach to information systems design. Key themes include (1) partnerships; (2) brokering and integrating existing initiatives; and (3) creating business models for sustainability
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Patricia Flatley
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Brennan
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Norcross
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grindrod
authors.forename: Marti
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sopher
mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning; D003153:Community Health Services; D019058:Community Networks; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003199:Computer Systems; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D007256:Information Systems; D012041:Regional Medical Programs; D014922:Wisconsin