title: Disparate systems, disparate data: integration, interfaces, and standards in emergency medicine information technology.
abstract: As part of the broader informatics consensus initiative sponsored by Academic Emergency Medicine, this report addresses the issues of integration, interfaces, and data standards and how they are relevant to information management in emergency medicine. The purpose of this report, and the workgroup that contributed to its content, is to provide emergency physicians and other stakeholders in the emergency informatics community a sense of direction as they design, build, and/or choose systems. Problems are identified, strategies to address these problems are discussed, and consensus recommendations are provided.
authors.affiliation: Infinity Health Care, 1035 Glen Oaks Lane, Mequon, WI 53092, USA. ebarthell@infinityhealthcare.com
authors.forename: Edward N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Barthell
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Coonan
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Finnell
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pollock
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cochrane
mesh_terms: D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D016490:Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D017751:Safety Management; D014481:United States