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Information Resourcesand Technology

Information Resourcesand Technology

We facilitate excellence in education, biomedical and clinical research, and patient care through the application of innovative and effective 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

Henry Lowe M.D.Senior Associate Dean

Information Resources and Technology

Henry Lowe M.D.Senior Associate Dean

Information Resources and Technology

DefinitionsDefinitions

“Information Technology is the use of

hardware, software, services, and

supporting infrastructure to manage and

deliver information.”

“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 problem-solving and

decision-making.”

“Informatics is the scientific field that

deals with biomedical information, data

and knowledge - their storage, retrieval

and optimal use for problem-solving and

decision-making.”

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“Knowledge Management is the collection of processes that govern

the creation, dissemination, and utilization of knowledge”

“Knowledge Management is the collection of processes that govern

the creation, dissemination, and utilization of knowledge”

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IRT GoalsIRT 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 Community’s

clinical, research and educational missions

• 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 Community’s

clinical, research and educational missions

• Senior Associate Dean position created March 2002

• 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

• Couple applied informatics with our needs

• Integration of MedIT, SUMMIT and Lane Library

• IRT strategic planning completed September 2002

• Senior Associate Dean position created March 2002

• 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

• Couple applied informatics with our needs

• Integration of MedIT, SUMMIT and Lane Library

• IRT strategic planning completed September 2002

Information Resourcesand Technology (IRT)

Information Resourcesand Technology (IRT)

IRT Strategic Planning GroupIRT Strategic Planning Group

Carole Buffum - Executive Director, Finance and

Administration

Parvati Dev - Associate Dean for Learning Technologies,

IRT

Jin Hahn - Associate Professor Of Neurology and

Pediatrics

Rob Krochak - DFA, Department of Pathology

Michael Levitt - Professor Of Structural Biology and

Computer Science

Henry Lowe - Senior Associate Dean IRT

Shannon Moffett - Medical Student

Don Regula - Associate Professor of Pathology

Valerie Su - Acting Director, Lane Library

Gerry Weitz - Director of Operations, IRT

David O’Brien - Director, Office of Institutional Planning

Carole Buffum - Executive Director, Finance and

Administration

Parvati Dev - Associate Dean for Learning Technologies,

IRT

Jin Hahn - Associate Professor Of Neurology and

Pediatrics

Rob Krochak - DFA, Department of Pathology

Michael Levitt - Professor Of Structural Biology and

Computer Science

Henry Lowe - Senior Associate Dean IRT

Shannon Moffett - Medical Student

Don Regula - Associate Professor of Pathology

Valerie Su - Acting Director, Lane Library

Gerry Weitz - Director of Operations, IRT

David O’Brien - Director, Office of Institutional Planning

IRT OrganizationIRT Organization

Senior Associate DeanInformation Resources and Technology

Henry Lowe

Senior Associate DeanInformation Resources and Technology

Henry Lowe

Director ofIT operationsGerry Weitz

Director ofIT operationsGerry Weitz

Associate DeanLearning Technologies

Parvati Dev

Associate DeanLearning Technologies

Parvati Dev

DirectorLane Library

Valerie Su (Acting)

DirectorLane Library

Valerie Su (Acting)

DirectorIT Development

Henry Lowe (Acting)

DirectorIT Development

Henry Lowe (Acting)

DirectorPrivacy & Data Security

Todd Ferris

DirectorPrivacy & Data Security

Todd Ferris

DirectorFinance & AdminTo Be recruited

DirectorFinance & AdminTo Be recruited

• The future of biomedicine is interdisciplinary

• There is a Stanford Biomedical Community• The Hospitals, School of Medicine, Clark Center,

Bioengineering

• If translational research is to be successful,

information must flow effectively within this

community

• Biomedical IRT planning and implementation

must be a collaborative community process

• The future of biomedicine is interdisciplinary

• There is a Stanford Biomedical Community• The Hospitals, School of Medicine, Clark Center,

Bioengineering

• If translational research is to be successful,

information must flow effectively within this

community

• Biomedical IRT planning and implementation

must be a collaborative community process

Collaborative IRT Planningis Critical

Collaborative IRT Planningis Critical

University

University

HospitalsHospitals SchoolSchool

InfrastructureInfrastructureExpertiseExpertise NetworkNetwork Data CenterData Center SecuritySecurityKnowledge ResourcesKnowledge Resources PlanningPlanning

Applications and ServicesApplications and ServicesSupport, Training, Advocacy & Planning

Information Acquisition, Hosting, Management & AccessKnowledge Access and Delivery

Support, Training, Advocacy & PlanningInformation Acquisition, Hosting, Management & Access

Knowledge Access and Delivery

StanfordBiomedicine Community

StanfordBiomedicine Community

ClinicalClinical

ResearchResearch

EducationEducation

Our Development ModelOur Development Model

INFORMATICSINFORMATICSKNOWLEDGEMANAGEMENTKNOWLEDGE

MANAGEMENTINFORMATIONTECHNOLOGYINFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY

• Ubiquitous access to information

• Data privacy and security

• The Library as a Knowledge Management

Center

• The Internet as a communications medium

• IRT as an innovative force in education

• Translational Informatics

• Enabling the translational research mission

• Ubiquitous access to information

• Data privacy and security

• The Library as a Knowledge Management

Center

• The Internet as a communications medium

• IRT as an innovative force in education

• Translational Informatics

• Enabling the translational research mission

Major Strategic ThemesMajor Strategic Themes

• The future of computing rests on a wireless

“always on” network connection.

• Wireless networking is progressing rapidly

• Mobile computing devices are becoming

smaller, cheaper, more powerful and better

integrated

• Biomedical workers are often nomadic

• Major transforming potential in the clinical,

research and educational environments

• The future of computing rests on a wireless

“always on” network connection.

• Wireless networking is progressing rapidly

• Mobile computing devices are becoming

smaller, cheaper, more powerful and better

integrated

• Biomedical workers are often nomadic

• Major transforming potential in the clinical,

research and educational environments

Ubiquitous Access to Information

Ubiquitous Access to Information

• Implementing an enterprise-wide wireless

network

• Convened a joint School-University-Hospital

secure wireless planning committee.

• Appointed an Associate Director of Wireless

Applications Development

• Mandated secure wireless network standards

• Positioning all key information resources to

be wireless-accessible

• Implementing an enterprise-wide wireless

network

• Convened a joint School-University-Hospital

secure wireless planning committee.

• Appointed an Associate Director of Wireless

Applications Development

• Mandated secure wireless network standards

• Positioning all key information resources to

be wireless-accessible

What IRT is DoingWhat IRT is Doing

• New Federal and State regulations mandate

significant changes in how we handle

information

• Our ability and willingness to protect privacy

and secure information will become critical

• Our clinical and translational research missions

are at particular risk

• An issue in negotiating access to clinical data

• New Federal and State regulations mandate

significant changes in how we handle

information

• Our ability and willingness to protect privacy

and secure information will become critical

• Our clinical and translational research missions

are at particular risk

• An issue in negotiating access to clinical data

Information Privacy and Security

Information Privacy and Security

• Created a process within the School to

manage HIPAA implementation

• Convened a joint School-University-

Hospital committee to define data security

standards for the Biomedical Community

• A secure data center for the School will

open in April 2003

• Appointed a Director for Data Privacy and

Security

• Created a process within the School to

manage HIPAA implementation

• Convened a joint School-University-

Hospital committee to define data security

standards for the Biomedical Community

• A secure data center for the School will

open in April 2003

• Appointed a Director for Data Privacy and

Security


• Biomedicine is knowledge-based

• Ubiquitous electronic access to knowledge

• The Library as our Center for Knowledge Management - a “library without walls”

• A new Library Director who is also Associate Dean for Knowledge Management

• Knowledge-based clinical decision support as part of EMR deployment

• Addition of new knowledge resources (e.g. Genomic Resources)

• Biomedicine is knowledge-based

• Ubiquitous electronic access to knowledge

• The Library as our Center for Knowledge Management - a “library without walls”

• A new Library Director who is also Associate Dean for Knowledge Management

• Knowledge-based clinical decision support as part of EMR deployment

• Addition of new knowledge resources (e.g. Genomic Resources)

Knowledge ManagementKnowledge Management

• 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

• More consistent “branding” across the School

• Tighter coordination with Hospital Web sites

• Separation of public and private Web services

• 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

• More consistent “branding” across the School

• Tighter coordination with Hospital Web sites

• Separation of public and private Web services

Internet StrategyInternet Strategy

• An IT-enabled educational environment

• Easy, ubiquitous technology support

• Investment in simulation technologies

• Balance innovation and current successful practice

• Continuous evaluation and improvement

• Training educators to use IT successfully

• Inquiry-based education

• Life-long learning and knowledge access skills

• An IT-enabled educational environment

• Easy, ubiquitous technology support

• Investment in simulation technologies

• Balance innovation and current successful practice

• Continuous evaluation and improvement

• Training educators to use IT successfully

• Inquiry-based education

• Life-long learning and knowledge access skills

Innovative Use of Learning Technologies

Innovative Use of Learning Technologies

• Immersive Learning Center

• Content production

• Ubiquitous access to knowledge sources

• Faculty support and development

• Pilot projects

• Evaluation of impact


• Content production

• Ubiquitous access to knowledge sources

• Faculty support and development

• Pilot projects

• Evaluation of impact


Translational InformaticsTranslational Informatics

ITITKnowledge

ManagementKnowledge

ManagementPlanPlan

InformaticsInformatics

Informatics as an academic discipline can support translational research and

be itself an important area of translational research

Informatics as an academic discipline can support translational research and

be itself an important area of translational research

• 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

• The IRT strategic plan will create new

opportunities for Applied Informatics research

and education

• We need to grow our Applied Informatics

community

• 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

• The IRT strategic plan will create new

opportunities for Applied Informatics research

and education

• We need to grow our Applied Informatics

community


• “Clinical Informatics”,in contrast to

BioInformatics, is underdeveloped at Stanford

• The greatest need for Informatics is in the

clinical and translational research areas

• A new academic Clinical Informatics Center

will foster Informatics at the School level and

work with• Departments and institutes to help develop domain-

specific Informatics programs

• The Hospitals to assist in the effective implementation of

knowledge-based clinical systems

• “Clinical Informatics”,in contrast to

BioInformatics, is underdeveloped at Stanford

• The greatest need for Informatics is in the

clinical and translational research areas

• A new academic Clinical Informatics Center

will foster Informatics at the School level and

work with• Departments and institutes to help develop domain-

specific Informatics programs

• The Hospitals to assist in the effective implementation of

knowledge-based clinical systems

A Clinical Informatics CenterA Clinical Informatics Center

• The EMR is a critical component of the Biomedical IT infrastructure

• Clinical systems development must be collaborative

• Understanding workflow and context is critical

• The academic user community should be a major driver

• Tight integration with clinical research systems is essential

• Tight coupling of knowledge resources to the point of care

• Where clinical IT has been successful it has involved a real working partnership of Hospital IT, Clinical Informatics and the user community

• The EMR is a critical component of the Biomedical IT infrastructure

• Clinical systems development must be collaborative

• Understanding workflow and context is critical

• The academic user community should be a major driver

• Tight integration with clinical research systems is essential

• Tight coupling of knowledge resources to the point of care

• Where clinical IT has been successful it has involved a real working partnership of Hospital IT, Clinical Informatics and the user community

Clinical Systems Development

Clinical Systems Development

Informatics andTranslational Research

Informatics andTranslational Research

Basic ResearchBasic Research

Clinical ResearchClinical Research


Data managementKnowledge access & managementCollaborative SystemsHigh performance computingAccess to clinical data

Data managementKnowledge access & managementCollaborative SystemsHigh performance computingAccess to clinical data

EMR developmentClinical data acquisitionClinical trials managementIntegration with clinical systemsKnowledge-based decision making

EMR developmentClinical data acquisitionClinical trials managementIntegration with clinical systemsKnowledge-based decision making

Data analysis and visualizationIntegrated data repositoryTissue banking systemsImage managmentKnowledge representation

Data analysis and visualizationIntegrated data repositoryTissue banking systemsImage managmentKnowledge representation

• Hospital-School IT steering committee

• Clinical Informatics Center

• Secure wireless network

• Planning for Clinical and Research Data Repository

• The Library as our Knowledge Management Center

• Data security policies for School


• Task force to examine user support

• New Website for School

• Hospital-School IT steering committee

• Clinical Informatics Center

• Secure wireless network

• Planning for Clinical and Research Data Repository

• The Library as our Knowledge Management Center

• Data security policies for School


• Task force to examine user support

• New Website for School

Major IRT Goals for 2003Major IRT Goals for 2003