Jones D T, Duncan R, Langberg M L, Shabot M M
Departments of Enterprise Information Services, Pediatrics, Medical Affairs and Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Health Systems, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Proc AMIA Symp. 2000:399-402.
Although the demand for use of information technology within the healthcare industry is intensifying, relatively little has been written about guidelines to optimize IT investments. A technology architecture is a set of guidelines for technology integration within an enterprise. The architecture is a critical tool in the effort to control information technology (IT) operating costs by constraining the number of technologies supported. A well-designed architecture is also an important aid to integrating disparate applications, data stores and networks. The authors led the development of a thorough, carefully designed technology architecture for a large and rapidly growing health care system. The purpose and design criteria are described, as well as the process for gaining consensus and disseminating the architecture. In addition, the processes for using, maintaining, and handling exceptions are described. The technology architecture is extremely valuable to health care organizations both in controlling costs and promoting integration.
尽管医疗行业对信息技术的使用需求日益增长，但关于优化信息技术投资的指导方针的论述相对较少。技术架构是企业内部技术集成的一套指导方针。该架构是通过限制所支持技术的数量来控制信息技术（IT）运营成本的关键工具。精心设计的架构也是整合不同应用程序、数据存储和网络的重要辅助手段。作者领导为一个大型且快速发展的医疗系统开发了一个全面、精心设计的技术架构。文中描述了其目的、设计标准以及达成共识和传播该架构的过程。此外，还描述了使用、维护和处理异常的过程。该技术架构对于医疗组织在控制成本和促进整合方面极具价值。
