Information Technology

							           Definitionsuse of,
    “Information Technology is the
software, services, and supporting hardware
     infrastructure to manage and deliver
                  information.”
“Informatics is the scientific field that deals with
biomedical information, data and knowledge -
  their storage, retrieval and optimal use for
    problem-solving and decision-making.”

  “Knowledge Management is the collection
    of processes that govern the creation,
 dissemination, and utilization of knowledge”
                   IRT Goals
• Become a leader in the effective use of innovative
  information technology (IT) in biomedicine
• Integrate IT, informatics and knowledge
  management resources to support the biomedical
  mission
• Plan and implement IRT collaboratively
• Have IRT driven by a coherent strategic plan
• Support the Stanford Biomedical Community’s
  clinical, research and educational missions
                 Information Resources
                  and Technology (IRT)

• Senior Associate Dean position created March 2002

• Our mandate is to develop, collaboratively, an effective IT
  strategy for the Stanford Biomedical Community

   – Provide state-of-the-art IT infrastructure and services

   – Support access to and management of knowledge
     resources

   – Couple applied informatics with our needs

• Integration of MedIT, SUMMIT and Lane Library

• IRT strategic planning completed September 2002
IRT Strategic Planning Group
 Carole Buffum - Executive Director, Finance and Administration
 Parvati Dev - Associate Dean for Learning Technologies, IRT
 Jin Hahn - Associate Professor Of Neurology and Pediatrics
 Rob Krochak - DFA, Department of Pathology
 Michael Levitt - Professor Of Structural Biology and Computer
    Science
 Henry Lowe - Senior Associate Dean IRT
 Shannon Moffett - Medical Student
 Don Regula - Associate Professor of Pathology
 Valerie Su - Acting Director, Lane Library
 Gerry Weitz - Director of Operations, IRT
 David O’Brien - Director, Office of Institutional Planning
                         IRT Organization
                                                  Senior Associate Dean
                                                Information Resources and
                                                        Technology
                                                       Henry Lowe




 Director of       Associate Dean             Director              Director              Director              Director
IT operations   Learning Technologies      Lane Library         IT Development    Privacy & Data Security   Finance & Admin
 Gerry Weitz         Parvati Dev        Valerie Su (Acting)   Henry Lowe (Acting)       Todd Ferris          To Be recruited
      Collaborative IRT Planning
              is Critical

• The future of biomedicine is interdisciplinary
• There is a Stanford Biomedical Community
   – The Hospitals, School of Medicine, Clark Center,
      Bioengineering
• If translational research is to be successful,
  information must flow effectively within this
  community
• Biomedical IRT planning and implementation must be
  a collaborative community process
            University




Hospitals                School
          Major Strategic Themes
• Ubiquitous access to information

• Data privacy and security

• The Library as a Knowledge Management Center

• The Internet as a communications medium

• IRT as an innovative force in education

• Translational Informatics

• Enabling the translational research mission
Ubiquitous Access to Information

• The future of computing rests on a wireless
  “always on” network connection.
• Wireless networking is progressing rapidly
• Mobile computing devices are becoming
  smaller, cheaper, more powerful and better
  integrated
• Biomedical workers are often nomadic
• Major transforming potential in the clinical,
  research and educational environments
            What IRT is Doing
• Implementing an enterprise-wide wireless
  network

• Convened a joint School-University-Hospital
  secure wireless planning committee.

• Appointed an Associate Director of Wireless
  Applications Development

• Mandated secure wireless network standards

• Positioning all key information resources to be
  wireless-accessible
  Information Privacy and Security

• New Federal and State regulations mandate
  significant changes in how we handle information
• Our ability and willingness to protect privacy and
  secure information will become critical
• Our clinical and translational research missions are
  at particular risk
• An issue in negotiating access to clinical data
            Internet Strategy
• The Web is our major point of contact with the World

• Internet strategy should support our strategic plan

• IRT Web design task force report

• The School needs a new Web site with:

   – Better navigational model

   – More consistent “branding” across the School

   – Tighter coordination with Hospital Web sites

   – Separation of public and private Web services
    1.1 Applications of Information
     Technology in Our Daily Life


• IT at Home
• Allows people to control household and other
  domestic appliances over the Internet Has become a
  necessity for many households
• Smart home technology Personal computer
Uses of personal computer
   Personal computer
                    IT at Home
• Home office
• Refers to a small computerized office setup at home
• Self-employed persons can work at home and communicate
  with others through the Internet.
• IT in Public Places
•   Provides information on nearby facilities in public places
•   Can be used for petty cash payments Example: Octopus
•   Information kiosk
•   Electronic Money
         IT in Public Places

• Internet access service
• It is provided in various public places. The public can
  obtain information from the Internet more
  conveniently.
              IT in Business
• Office automation
• Office automation helps office workers improve
  working efficiency productivity, data security and
  communications with others
• Intranet
• A private and small-scale Internet of an
  organization Helps improve workflow and enables
  efficient collaboration and communication.