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Design of a clinical notification system
1Center for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA.
Proceedings. AMIA Symposium
|November 24, 1999
Summary
We developed an enterprise-wide notification system supporting diverse communication channels and delivery algorithms. This system enhances message delivery through flexible mapping and escalation strategies for improved institutional communication.
Area of Science:
- Computer Science
- Information Systems
- Software Engineering
Background:
- Effective institutional communication relies on robust notification systems.
- Existing notification schemes often lack flexibility for diverse user needs.
- Developing a unified system is crucial for enterprise-wide message dissemination.
Purpose of the Study:
- To outline the requirements and design of an enterprise-wide notification system.
- To address the need for a flexible and scalable notification solution.
- To detail the implementation of a novel notification system.
Main Methods:
- Gathering functional requirements from literature, internal experience, and user case studies.
- Designing a system supporting multiple communication channels, third-party mappings, and escalation algorithms.
- Utilizing a document specification to handle multiple message formats.
Main Results:
- A comprehensive set of functional requirements for an enterprise notification system was established.
- The system design incorporates flexible message routing via third-party algorithms.
- Support for multiple message formats and delivery channels was successfully implemented.
Conclusions:
- The designed enterprise-wide notification system meets diverse user needs.
- The implementation in Java as a CORBA object provides a scalable solution.
- This system offers a flexible and efficient approach to institutional messaging.