Welcome to the UCLA InfoShare Planning website.  This site provides information on the UCLA InfoShare IAIMS Planning process funded by the National Library of Medicine. This process began the summer of 2000 and was complete in the fall of 2003.

This site will no longer be actively maintained.

InfoShare began the Operations phase of the project September 30, 2004. 

Link to our operations site

IDA (Inventory of Databases and Applications) is a database of information resources used for teaching, research and/or educational purposes - select to view

UCLA InfoShare

UCLA received funding from the National Library of Medicine’s IAIMS program to “disseminate, discuss and define the role of integrated information management resources and systems in education, research and patient care for the UCLA academic health sciences center in the 21st century”.  The UCLA IAIMS planning effort is known as UCLA InfoShare to emphasize collaboration and sharing of information. 

Our operations phase plan is based on fundamental policies at UCLA to choose practical proven technology for robust information systems, to leverage investments in information systems for one area of patient care, education or research to enhance activities in the others, and to build on the good ideas of entrepreneurial faculty. 

We describe the federation of best of breed electronic medical data systems under Clinical Network Information Exchange as the basis of our electronic medical record (EMR).  Clinical authorization to use the EMR will be enhanced by specific authorizations for research and education.  Individual authorizations will store preferences for context-specific views of the medical record. 

Views of the medical record will be enhanced by tailoring the presentation appropriate to the context in which the data is requested, i.e., specialized clinical area, research or education.  Computer order entry will be enhanced by standard order sets for specific clinical problems or clinical research.  The standard order sets will be written by local experts based on guidelines and literature review with interaction of students and residents. 

Investment in an IRB electronic administration system will be linked to the electronic medical record for authentication, tailored view of the medical record, and synchronized standard order sets to enhance clinical research.

 

"Enabling excellence through information exchange, integration and sharing"

Since 1984 the National Library of Medicine has provided grant assistance to medical centers and health science institutions for IAIMS Projects. IAIMS means integrated advanced information management systems.

 InfoShare is the name we have given to the project here at UCLA.

The Principal Investigator for this project is Vice Provost of  Medical Sciences Dr. Alan Robinson.  Along with Dr. Robinson, the Co-Director of the project is Chief Information Officer of the Health Sciences, Dr. J. Michael McCoy.

Project Staff

National IAIMS Meeting - Phila. 2003
link to presentations

OSHCA - The Open Source Health Care Alliance is a collaborative forum to promote and facilitate open source software in healthcare.

InfoShare Needs Assessment Survey Results

Review comparison of UCLA Medical Center (Westwood) and Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center.

InfoShare resource inventory
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