The UW Health Sciences Center in Seattle has been awarded a five-year 2.75 million dollar grant from the National Library of Medicine to implement the UW's long-range Integrated Advanced Information Management System (IAIMS) plan for the health sciences. The Health Sciences Center, the UW Medical Center and Harborview have been engaged in a comprehensive integrated information systems planning and development effort for the past five years.
The IAIMS implementation process will focus on the development of clinical information systems linkages, the application of educational technology in support of local and regional teaching responsibilities, and research in relevant core areas including thesaurus construction, interface design and image management. Support for state and regional health care information resources linkages will be a key component of integrated systems development efforts.
Dr. Sherrilynne Fuller is the principal investigator for the grant. Dr. James LoGerfo, medical director at Harborview, is the co-principal investigator.
For additional information about IAIMS implementation at the UW, send an e-mail message to iaims@u.washington.edu or call 685-2166.