Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: testing of novel software solutions.Methods: We convened a working group consisting of IT and research personnel with expertise in information security, database design/management, web design, EHR programming, and health services research.The working group was tasked with developing a research IT environment to accomplish two objectives: 1) maintain network/ data security and regulatory compliance; 2) allow researchers working with external vendors to rapidly prototype and, in a clinical setting, test web-based tools.Results: Two parallel solutions, one focused on hardware, the second on oversight and management, were developed.First, we concluded that three separate, staged development environments were required to allow external vendor access for testing software and for transitioning software to be used in a clinic.In parallel, the extant oversight process for approving/managing access to internal/external personnel had to be altered to reflect the scope and scale of discrete research projects, as opposed to an enterprise level approach to IT management.Conclusions: Innovation in health services software development requires a flexible, scalable IT environment adapted to the unique objectives of a HSR software development model.In our experience, implementing the hardware solution is less challenging than the cultural change required to implement such a model and the modifications to administrative and oversight processes to sustain an environment for rapid product development and testing.
Source: Clinical Medicine & Research
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.8.1.54-a
Authors: M. Klompas, R. Lazarus, G. Haney, K. Yih, R. Platt
Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Language: English
Subfield: Health Information Management
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2134977942