The integrated patient information system.

The complexity and potential impact of today's health care crisis requires a comprehensive approach to problem analysis and innovative thinking in developing solution strategies. Patient care, by its information-intensive nature, involves extensive information processing for decision-making, and requires the support of an effective and efficient information system. Therefore, information Technology must play a critical part in developing any solution strategy. Blue Chip, as an industry leader in leveraging information Technology to create innovative business processes, took the challenge and found a solution to the problem of comprehensive patient information processing. Through the generous support of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, a branch of the US Public Health Service, the company completed research and development under two Small Business Innovative Research grants. After 3 years of intensive study, design, and development, Blue Chip created an integrated Patient information System called Care-Centric.