SwRI Accomplishments: Information Systems Engineering, full life cycle development, business process reengineering, systems integration, BPR, IT services, IS sservices, information systems services
Repeated demonstration of the capability to deliver products and quality services
on time and within budget is an accomplishment of the Information
Systems Engineering Department at Southwest Research Institute
(SwRI). Currently, we are focused on the design,
development, and support of two major enterprise level Service
Oriented Architecture systems: Reengineer
government client's 25-year-old scheduling
management capability by bringing together improved business
processes with advanced technical architecture Objectives: Better
business practices that improve visitor experience (e.g.,
reduced wait times) Better
process standardization wherever needed Improved
process flexibility wherever possible Improved
reporting to drive informed and appropriate management
action Reengineer
government client?s pharmacy system Migrate
systems technology and operational processes from dispensing
and labeling focus to patient care-centric focus Objectives: Integrating
inpatient and outpatient pharmacy care Integrating
on-site and off-site pharmacy care Integrating
pharmacy into the patient care team Integrating
inventory and supply management in patient healthcare Integrating
process management into patient healthcare Improving
order checks
Facilitating commercial
drug database Both
of these projects consist of challenging database and interface
development efforts to modernize legacy systems in order to provide
a higher level of patient care. SwRI is also well versed and capable of managing smaller projects with
short turn-around times, such as:
Replace a legacy
pharmacy system for the correctional care environment
Web services
Microsoft®
.NET
Oracle® and MS SQL server
Web and desktop
clients
?Push? framework
Provide full
lifecycle support to the prescription process, from order entry
through recorded medication administration
Assist law
enforcement and military in the detection of possible homemade
explosives manufacturing activity Design new
software system to manage a manufacturing process of mail order
prescriptions
Increase system
productivity in an automation environment
Service oriented
architecture
Microsoft .NET
framework
Testing simulator
Interfaces to
automation and robotic equipment
Interviewed staff
needs and derived requirements
Researched available
vendors and technology
Issued a request for
information from a long list of vendors
Selected seven
vendors and invited them to SwRI to demonstrate their hardware and
software solution
Developed scoring
methodology
Hosted
demonstrations
Documented findings
in a final report
Provided input to
building design based on revised business processes
Conducted value
stream mapping
Clinical
processes
Dental processes
Community health
processes
Business office
processes
Reviewed and
suggested changes to business processes
Reviewed computer
systems
Gave an
accounting of systems used
Provided
analysis of systems use and integration
Client purchased
software for practice management, clinical workflow automation,
document and image management, and electronic medical records (EMR)
Client started
medical data migration and software use
Client developed
concerns over system/software stability
Performed analysis
of purchased system and software stability
Provided
recommendations for:
System
monitoring
Procedures
development
IT staff
training
Software
monitoring
Evaluated HIPAA
security rule compliance
Performed
security risk analysis
Updated security
training materials
Developed a
complete set of the required security documentation
Developed
infrastructure baseline
Documentation of
the requirements, architecture, and installation/set-up
Developed the
implementation framework
Surveyed
specific sites
Interviewed key
personnel
Identified
business processes and workflow
Identified
insertion strategy
Identified
potential barriers to deployment
Facilitated Board of
Directors meetings at SwRI
Assisted in
revalidating the organizational mission
Assisted in
development of roadmap for the future
Developed software
and data verification test plan
Set up a test
environment
Developed test
data
Outlined data
verification methodology
Developed test
procedures
Performed a dry
run of procedures against the client?s software
Automated
Interpretation of Medical Prescription Text
Provide a new
model of prescription order entry
Use natural
language processing to parse text information
Provide clinical
decision assistance in real-time
Validate based
on business rules
Learn and adapt
to individual physician practices
Model a diagnostic
knowledge base capable of storing an evolving set of diagnostic
indicators and resulting analytics
Develop a principal
components algorithm to analyze the CDC?s National Ambulatory
Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) records to identify principal
sources of variance
Develop a logistic
regression algorithm to produce a differential diagnosis using a
stepwise approach
Develop an
explanatory model to interpret the principal components Evaluate the
diagnostic efficacy of the algorithm to test the hypothesis
Contact us to
discover how the positive rapport we establish as a team will help your
organization or industry meet its technological goals and
challenges.
We can offer you insights about how to specify the most effective
approach to solving your software engineering problems. For more information about information systems
engineering capabilities at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI,
please contact
Steven H. Rodgers
at
srodgers@swri.org
or (210) 522-3772.
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