Considerations in Designing and Implementing Enhancements to COSTAR

摘要

The addition of enhancements to a COSTAR system can involve a significant investment of effort. This paper describes recent experience in implementing two major COSTAR enhancements, namely a patient-specific encounter form and an order entry and dispatch subsystem. A number of points to be considered in regard to planning and implementing such enhancements are raised, and the relative success of these two enhancements at one particular site is discussed.