Streicher M, French J, Fleming J, Lafrance S
Healthc Inform. 1995 Jun;12(6):36-8.
One of the hottest, most competitive segments of the healthcare IS industry encompasses integration tools and systems for linking divergent, best-of-breed systems. As firms such as Healthcare Communications, HUBLink, Oacis, Software Technologies Corp., Century Analysis and Eagle Innovations vie for new contracts, CIOs and IS directors wonder about the strategic advantages of single-vendor solutions vs. the best-of-breed approach. This dynamic has driven system acquisitions for several years. More recently, 33 percent of respondents to the 1995 HIMSS/HP Survey cited integration across separate facilities as their No. 1 priority for the next two years. Clearly the emergence of integrated delivery systems and providers of continuums of care--where the cost to replace the information technologies of acquired or partnered entities remains prohibitive--will cause the market for interface engines and other integration tools to continue expanding. Following are the perceptions of a few experts on the topic. They were asked to answer two questions: 1) What are the toughest challenges faced when integrating an integrated delivery system? and 2) What are the current best practices to solving this challenge?
医疗保健信息系统行业中最热门、竞争最激烈的领域之一，涵盖了用于连接不同的、同类最佳系统的集成工具和系统。随着医疗保健通信公司、HUBLink公司、Oacis公司、软件技术公司、世纪分析公司和鹰创新公司等企业争夺新合同，首席信息官和信息系统主管们思考着单一供应商解决方案与最佳-of-breed方法相比的战略优势。这种动态已经推动系统收购持续了数年。最近，在1995年医疗信息与管理系统学会/惠普调查中，33%的受访者将跨独立机构的集成列为未来两年的首要任务。显然，综合医疗服务体系和连续护理服务提供商的出现——在这种情况下，替换被收购或合作实体的信息技术成本仍然过高——将导致接口引擎和其他集成工具的市场持续扩大。以下是几位专家对该主题的看法。他们被要求回答两个问题：1）整合综合医疗服务体系时面临的最严峻挑战是什么？2）解决这一挑战的当前最佳实践是什么？
