title: The Data-Gathering Broker--A User-Based Approach to Viable EPR Systems.
abstract: With the continued expansion of Electronic Patient Record systems ahead of comprehensive evidence, metrics, or future-proofing, European health informatics is embarking on a faith-driven adventure that also risks data swamping of end-users. An alternative approach is an information broker system, drawing from departmental data sources. A three-year study in health and social care has produced a first demonstrator which can search for specified information in heterogeneous distributed data stores, with source-specific permission can copy it, and then merge the search results in a real-time process.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Planning and Management, Darwin Building, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom. m.j.rigby@hpm.keele.ac.uk
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rigby
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Budgen
authors.forename: Pearl
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brereton
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kotsiopoulos
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Layzell
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Keane
authors.forename: Fujun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized