Strategic Priority # 3: Information Dissemination
Initiative: Clinical Research Information System (CRIS )
Leader: Dr. Steve Rosenfeld
Collaborators: Dr. Claude Lenfant, Director, NHLBI, Chair of CRIS Steering Committee
Dr. Robert Nussenblatt, Scientific Director, NEI, Co-Chair of CRIS Stakeholder Committee
CRIS Working Groups (Research Support, Functional, Technical, Hospital Management)
CRIS Project Management Team
Purpose/Goal/ To improve the quality of patient care by:
Scope: • Creating a single and continuous record of care delivered at the Clinical Center;
• Providing access to patient data for referring physicians;
• Incorporating real-time alerts and reference material to aid in care decisions;
• Providing comprehensive security to protect patient privacy;
• Minimizing the opportunity for clinical errors;
• Standardizing care by providing protocol-based ordering.
To improve the cost effectiveness of Clinical Center operations by:
• Using industry standard technologies;
• Providing timely and appropriate aggregate management data;
• Streamlining operational processes and improving productivity.
To provide the tools for world-class clinical research by:
• Collecting data once for both clinical care and research;
• Providing protocol-based data collection;
• Providing ready access to clinical research data;
• Providing automated patient data-safety monitoring.
Resources Requirements Analysis $0.296M
For 2001: Business plan and independent validation and verification: $0.292M
PACS/RIS final payment: $1.0 M
Nutrition & Surgical Services systems acquisition: $2.5 M
Protocol mapping: $0.552M
First installment of Clinical Information System: $3.1 M
Staff and project operations: $1.179M
*Note that these monies come out of a separate CRIS budget and will not be charged against the CC budget.
Staff and project operations have some overlap with the InformationSystems Department and may be adjusted
downward. All monies are subject to review and approval by the CRIS steering committee.
FY 2001 Key Initiative: Clinical Research Information System (CRIS )
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