The Data-Gathering Broker--A User-Based Approach to Viable EPR Systems.
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.
Rigby
Michael
M
Centre for Health Planning and Management, Darwin Building, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom. m.j.rigby@hpm.keele.ac.uk
Budgen
David
D
Brereton
Pearl
P
Bennett
Keith
K
Russell
Michelle
M
Turner
Mark
M
Kotsiopoulos
Ioannis
I
Layzell
Paul
P
Keane
John
J
Zhu
Fujun
F
D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized