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UW IAIMS Program

The Vision

The over-all goal of the University of Washington Health Sciences Center (UWHSC) IAIMS planning and implementation process is to create a comprehensive, integrated information access and management network that will complement and enhance the clinical, educational, research and administrative effectiveness of the UWHSC and its affiliated institutions and programs. The network developed provides educators, researchers, clinicians, librarians, students, administrators and staff with convenient and timely access to the information they need to function optimally regardless of the physical location of the user, the resource or the system, or the format of the information package. Central to this vision is the recognition that an individual, in a given day, performs a variety of roles in the health sciences center. These roles range from clinical decision making to research to administrative tasks to teaching and learning. In one task the individual may be an expert, while in another, a novice. The integrated systems designed must support this diversity of roles, responsibilities and skills levels.

National Library of Medicine funding for this project is provided in two phases. Phase I, which involved institution-wide planning and policy analysis, was completed in 1993. Phase II, a full scale implementation, was funded 1994-99.

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