Title :
Integration of heterogeneous medical supplies and computerized medical maintenance management (CMMS) databases and decision support systems
Author :
Sloane, Elliot B. ; Rosow, Eric ; Adam, Joseph
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Decision & Inf. Technol., Villanova Univ., PA, USA
Abstract :
This paper discusses an ongoing medical informatics and business process reengineering research project. The Joint Medical Asset Repository (JMAR) is a relational database system created to integrate very diverse medical supply and medical maintenance management information from the US military services existing heterogeneous database systems. JMAR allows strategic and tactical decision making without the cost, complexity, risk and delay of forcing military service to convert to a standard platform.
Keywords :
decision making; decision support systems; medical information systems; medical supplies; relational databases; JMAR; Joint Medical Asset Repository; US military services; business process reengineering research project; computerized medical maintenance management databases; decision support systems; diverse medical supply; heterogeneous database systems; heterogeneous medical supplies; medical informatics; medical maintenance management; relational database system; strategic decision making; tactical decision making; Asset management; Biomedical informatics; Business process re-engineering; Coordinate measuring machines; Database systems; Decision support systems; Information management; Military computing; Military standards; Relational databases;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2003. Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7789-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2003.1280939
