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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
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
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
Integration of MedIT, SUMMIT and Lane Library IRT strategic planning completed September 2002
IRT Organization
University
Hospitals
School
INFORMATICS
Infrastructure
Expertise Network Data Center Security Knowledge Resources Planning
Biomedical workers are often nomadic Major transforming potential in the clinical, research and educational environments
Mandated secure wireless network standards Positioning all key information resources to be
wireless-accessible
April 2003
Appointed a Director for Data Privacy and Security
Knowledge Management
Biomedicine is knowledge-based Ubiquitous electronic access to knowledge The Library as our Center for Knowledge Management - a library without walls Dean for Knowledge Management
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
Inquiry-based education
Content production
Ubiquitous access to knowledge sources
Translational Informatics
Informatics
IT
Plan
Knowledge Management
Informatics as an academic discipline can support translational research and be itself an important area of translational research
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
community
involved a real working partnership of Hospital IT, Clinical Informatics and the user community
Basic Research
Informatics
EMR development Clinical data acquisition Clinical trials management Integration with clinical systems Knowledge-based decision making
Clinical Research