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Information Resources and Technology

Henry Lowe M.D. Senior Associate Dean Information Resources and Technology

We facilitate excellence in education, biomedical and clinical research, and patient care through the application of innovative and effective information resources and technology

Definitions
Information Technology is the use of hardware, software, services, and supporting infrastructure to manage and deliver information. Informatics is the scientific field that deals with biomedical information, data and knowledge - their storage, retrieval and optimal use for problem-solving and Knowledge Management is the decision-making. collection of processes that govern the creation, dissemination, and utilization of knowledge

IRT Goals
Become a leader in the effective use of
innovative information technology (IT) in biomedicine Integrate IT, informatics and knowledge management resources to support the biomedical mission Plan and implement IRT collaboratively Have IRT driven by a coherent strategic plan Support the Stanford Biomedical Communitys clinical, research and educational missions

Senior Associate Dean position created March


2002

Information Resources and Technology (IRT)

Our mandate is to develop, collaboratively, an


effective IT strategy for the Stanford Biomedical Community

Provide state-of-the-art IT infrastructure and services Support access to and management of knowledge resources Couple applied informatics with our needs

Integration of MedIT, SUMMIT and Lane Library

IRT Strategic Planning Group


Carole Buffum - Executive Director, Finance and Administration Parvati Dev - Associate Dean for Learning Technologies, IRT Jin Hahn - Associate Professor Of Neurology and Pediatrics Rob Krochak - DFA, Department of Pathology Michael Levitt - Professor Of Structural Biology and Computer Science Henry Lowe - Senior Associate Dean IRT Shannon Moffett - Medical Student Don Regula - Associate Professor of Pathology Valerie Su - Acting Director, Lane Library

IRT Organization

Senior Associate Dean Information Resources and Technology Henry Lowe

Director of IT operations Gerry Weitz

Associate Dean Learning Technologies Parvati Dev

Director Lane Library Valerie Su (Acting)

Director IT Development Henry Lowe (Acting)

Director Privacy & Data Security Todd Ferris

Director Finance & Admin To Be recruited

Collaborative IRT Planning biomedicine is The future of is Critical


interdisciplinary

There is a Stanford Biomedical


Community The Hospitals, School of Medicine, Clark Center,
Bioengineering

If translational research is to be
successful, information must flow effectively within this community

Biomedical IRT planning and


implementation must be a collaborative

Universit y

Hospitals

School

Our Development Model

Research Clinical Education

Stanford Biomedicine Community Applications and Services


Support, Training, Advocacy & Planning Information Acquisition, Hosting, Management & Access Knowledge Access and Delivery INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

INFORMATICS

Infrastructure
Expertise Network Data Center SecurityKnowledge Resources Planning

Major Strategic Themes Ubiquitous access to information


Data privacy and security The Library as a Knowledge Management
Center

The Internet as a communications


medium

IRT as an innovative force in education Translational Informatics Enabling the translational research
mission

Ubiquitous Access to Information


The future of computing rests on a
wireless always on network connection.

Wireless networking is progressing


rapidly

Mobile computing devices are becoming


smaller, cheaper, more powerful and better integrated

Biomedical workers are often nomadic Major transforming potential in the

What IRT is Doing


Implementing an enterprise-wide wireless
network

Convened a joint School-UniversityHospital secure wireless planning committee.

Appointed an Associate Director of


Wireless Applications Development

Mandated secure wireless network


standards

Information Privacy and Security


New Federal and State regulations mandate
significant changes in how we handle information

Our ability and willingness to protect privacy


and secure information will become critical

Our clinical and translational research


missions are at particular risk

An issue in negotiating access to clinical data

What IRT is Doing


Created a process within the School to
manage HIPAA implementation

Convened a joint School-UniversityHospital committee to define data security standards for the Biomedical Community

A secure data center for the School will


open in April 2003

Appointed a Director for Data Privacy and

Knowledge Management
Biomedicine is knowledge-based Ubiquitous electronic access to
knowledge

The Library as our Center for Knowledge


Management - a library without walls Associate Dean for Knowledge Management

A new Library Director who is also Knowledge-based clinical decision

support as part of EMR deployment

Internet Strategy
The Web is our major point of contact with the
World

Internet strategy should support our strategic


plan

IRT Web design task force report The School needs a new Web site with:

Better navigational model More consistent branding across the School Tighter coordination with Hospital Web sites

Innovative Use of Learning Technologies


An IT-enabled educational environment

Easy, ubiquitous technology support Investment in simulation technologies

Balance innovation and current successful


practice

Continuous evaluation and improvement Training educators to use IT successfully

What IRT is Doing


Immersive Learning Center Content production Ubiquitous access to knowledge sources Faculty support and development Pilot projects Evaluation of impact

Translational Informatics
Informatics

IT

Plan

Knowledge Management

Informatics as an academic discipline can support translational research and be itself an important area of

Informatics
Information technology expertise alone
cannot guarantee effective use of IT in biomedicine

Informatics complements IT expertise in


creating solutions to complex real-world problems in Biomedicine

The IRT strategic plan will create new


opportunities for Applied Informatics research and education

We need to grow our Applied Informatics

A Clinical Informatics Center


Clinical Informatics,in contrast to
BioInformatics, is underdeveloped at Stanford

The greatest need for Informatics is in the


clinical and translational research areas

A new academic Clinical Informatics Center


will foster Informatics at the School level and work with Departments and institutes to help develop domainspecific Informatics programs

The EMR is a critical component of the


Biomedical IT infrastructure

Clinical Systems Development

Clinical systems development must be


collaborative

Understanding workflow and context is critical The academic user community should be a major driver Tight integration with clinical research systems is essential

Informatics and Translational Research


Data management Knowledge access & management Collaborative Systems High performance computing Access to clinical data Data analysis and visualization Integrated data repository Tissue banking systems Image managment Knowledge representation

Basic Research

Informatics
EMR development Clinical data acquisition Clinical trials management Integration with clinical systems Knowledge-based decision making

Clinical Research

Major IRT Goals for 2003



Hospital-School IT steering committee Clinical Informatics Center Secure wireless network Planning for Clinical and Research Data Repository The Library as our Knowledge Management Center Data security policies for School Immersive Learning Center Task force to examine user support New Website for School

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