title: Integration of new technology in a legacy system for collecting medical data - challenges and lessons learned.
abstract: Integrating new technology into a legacy medical system can be very challenging. Completely new systems cannot always be built due to the high cost of medical equipment, thus integrating some new technology into an existing system may be required. This paper looks at the issues and challenges surrounding the integration of new components into a legacy system for collecting medical data. We discuss how the issues were solved, the lessons learned, and how future upgrades can be made more easily.
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. jeff@gilchrist.ca
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gilchrist
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frize
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bariciak
authors.forename: Daphne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Townsend
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003199:Computer Systems; D016288:Computer Terminals; D003628:Database Management Systems; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004867:Equipment Design; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D012984:Software; D018511:Systems Integration; D014584:User-Computer Interface