title: Integrating information from disparate sources: the Walter Reed National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Data Transfer Project.
abstract: The Walter Reed National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Data Transfer web module integrates with medical and surgical information systems, and leverages outside standards, such as the National Library of Medicine's RxNorm, to process surgical and risk assessment data. Key components of the project included a needs assessment with nurse reviewers and a data analysis for federated (standards were locally controlled) data sources. The resulting interface streamlines nurse reviewer workflow by integrating related tasks and data.
authors.affiliation: Integrated Solutions Inc., Vienna, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Victoria Ruth
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Tomoyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Jun-Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Class
mesh_terms: D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000592:standards*; D006772:Hospitals, Military / Q000592:standards; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D018511:Systems Integration; D014768:Virginia